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Friday, February 8, 2013

Anthers and Stigmas and Styles, Oh My


The male reproductive part of most flowers is called the Stamen. This part of flowers produces pollen which is let loose by another part called the anther, to pollenate other flowers.



This next section of a flower is known as the Carpel which is used for carrying the ovary. Bees use the pollen released from the anther to pollinate the carpel. So the bees actually are the carriers which allow reproduction to happen because they bring the pollen released to fertilize other flowers.

This is the ovary, the part of the flower the bees use the polen to fertilize. The ovary contains one of the most important parts of the plant, the ovules. When these are pollenated they create new flower seeds. These new breeds of flowers will get different genes from both flowers making it unique.

 

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