Look At Me! I have Petals, Stamens, and A Pistil
After ABT's Nutcracker performance, a dancer gave Miss Cecily three long stalks of large purple Amaryllis bud clusters.Today they all opened, and they are stunning large flowers.
Here is a macro of one of the flowers, straight out of the camera... (SOOC)
This is the first flower macro I have taken with my new iPhone 7 Plus dual lens camera. It said 1.0 X. So it's a 1 to 1 macro, or life-size.
The two lenses, with different focal lengths, and its internal software give it amazing intelligence.
The stamens carrying the pollen are standing straight up. The pistil points toward the camera at the bottom. The pistil's stigma is the sticky surface at the top of the pistil. It looks like three bright little lights.
Amaryllis Standing Tall
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Here is a great guide to the parts of a flower from the University of Illinois Extension Program:
extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case4/c4facts1a.html
Flower Parts
Flowers are important in making seeds. Flowers can be made up of different parts, but there are some parts that are basic equipment. The main flower parts are the male part called the stamen and the female part called the pistil.
The stamen has two parts: anthers and filaments. The anthers carry the pollen. These are generally yellow in color. Anthers are held up by a thread-like part called a filament.
The pistil has three parts: stigma, style, and ovary. The stigma is the sticky surface at the top of the pistil; it traps and holds the pollen. The style is the tube-like structure that holds up the stigma. The style leads down to the ovary that contains the ovules.
Other parts of the flower that are important are the petals and sepals. Petals attract pollinators and are usually the reason why we buy and enjoy flowers. The sepals are the green petal-like parts at the base of the flower. Sepals help protect the developing bud.
Flowers can have either all male parts, all female parts, or a combination. Flowers with all male or all female parts are called imperfect (cucumbers, pumpkin and melons). Flowers that have both male and female parts are called perfect (roses, lilies, dandelion).
Pollination
When pollination occurs, pollen moves from the male parts to the female parts. Pollen grains land on the stigma and a tiny tube grows from it and down the style into the ovary. The fertilized ovule becomes the seed and the ovary becomes the fruit.
Since flowers can't move, they need to be able to attract pollinators or be built so that wind is able to pollinate them. Flowers attract pollinators like bees, butterflies, insects, and birds with sweet nectar, bright colors, and shapes and structures. Some flowers open at special times to attract pollinators such as night blooming plants that are pollinated by bats.
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Look At Me! I have Petals, Stamens, and A Pistil
After ABT's Nutcracker performance, a dancer gave Miss Cecily three long stalks of large purple Amaryllis bud clusters.Today they all opened, and they are stunning large flowers.
Here is a macro of one of the flowers, straight out of the camera... (SOOC)
This is the first flower macro I have taken with my new iPhone 7 Plus dual lens camera. It said 1.0 X. So it's a 1 to 1 macro, or life-size.
The two lenses, with different focal lengths, and its internal software give it amazing intelligence.
The stamens carrying the pollen are standing straight up. The pistil points toward the camera at the bottom. The pistil's stigma is the sticky surface at the top of the pistil. It looks like three bright little lights.
Amaryllis Standing Tall
________________________________________________
Here is a great guide to the parts of a flower from the University of Illinois Extension Program:
extension.illinois.edu/gpe/case4/c4facts1a.html
Flower Parts
Flowers are important in making seeds. Flowers can be made up of different parts, but there are some parts that are basic equipment. The main flower parts are the male part called the stamen and the female part called the pistil.
The stamen has two parts: anthers and filaments. The anthers carry the pollen. These are generally yellow in color. Anthers are held up by a thread-like part called a filament.
The pistil has three parts: stigma, style, and ovary. The stigma is the sticky surface at the top of the pistil; it traps and holds the pollen. The style is the tube-like structure that holds up the stigma. The style leads down to the ovary that contains the ovules.
Other parts of the flower that are important are the petals and sepals. Petals attract pollinators and are usually the reason why we buy and enjoy flowers. The sepals are the green petal-like parts at the base of the flower. Sepals help protect the developing bud.
Flowers can have either all male parts, all female parts, or a combination. Flowers with all male or all female parts are called imperfect (cucumbers, pumpkin and melons). Flowers that have both male and female parts are called perfect (roses, lilies, dandelion).
Pollination
When pollination occurs, pollen moves from the male parts to the female parts. Pollen grains land on the stigma and a tiny tube grows from it and down the style into the ovary. The fertilized ovule becomes the seed and the ovary becomes the fruit.
Since flowers can't move, they need to be able to attract pollinators or be built so that wind is able to pollinate them. Flowers attract pollinators like bees, butterflies, insects, and birds with sweet nectar, bright colors, and shapes and structures. Some flowers open at special times to attract pollinators such as night blooming plants that are pollinated by bats.
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