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reproductive system in the male honeysuckle vine :-)
I am re-doing image 52 in the "One of a kind " project. There!
Yes, reproductive structures. Reproduction, after all, is what flowers are mostly about. Whoops -- day lilies are often propagated by natural cloning -- bulbs, in other words. Day lilies are not actually lilies, botanists tell us, but they are beautiful. Each flower blooms for a single day.
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I have no idea why this section of a Rhododendron bloom produced these vivid colors when dried but when I found this little grouping and it was 100% intact I knew I had to get a shot.
Shot with: VOIGTLANDER, 125mm f/2.5 SL, MACRO APO-LANTHAR @ f/8 with Nikon PK-13 27.5mm Extension Tube, 22 Layer Focus Stack Rendered w/Helicon Focus (B, R3, S2).
Males also assess their partner's reproductive value and adjust their own investment in the brood according to their partner's condition. Females that lay larger and brighter eggs are in better condition and have greater reproductive value. Therefore, males tend to display higher attentiveness and parental care to larger eggs, since those eggs were produced by a female with apparent good genetic quality. Smaller, duller eggs garnered less paternal care. Female foot color is also observed as an indication of perceived female condition. In one experiment, the color of eggs was muted by researchers, it was found that males were willing to exercise similar care for both large eggs and small eggs if his mate had brightly colored feet, whereas males paired with dull-footed females only incubated larger eggs. Researchers also found that males did not increase their care when females exhibited both bright feet and high-quality offspring.
Close-up of the reproductive organs of a Rhododendron flower. Shot in the Hamilton gardens. The stem in the center is called the carpel coming out of the green ovary which is surrounded by the stamen. The working distance was about 30cm to the head of the carpel. So, even at f/16 the DoF was still very shallow. Hence I took a stack of 59 images to cover DoF all the way to the bottom of the ovary. Converted from RAW to JPG using DxO PhotoLab 4. Stacked in Helicon.
A woman's reproductive rights are hers to decide, and hers alone.
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The style and stigma, and the stamens, are clearly visible.
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A fine day lily, from what was my wife's flower garden, until we moved. The anthers are easily visible, as are most of the other reproductive parts. Larger sizes available.
In case you didn't know it, day lily flowers last for only a day, then they wither.
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"Respect Reproductive Freedom"
by Jodie Herrera
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Pentax K-1 Mark II
SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4
Due to its disseminatory reproductive system, vitality, and climbing behavior, Clematis vitalba is an invasive plant in many places. Some new tree plantations can be suffocated by a thick layer of Clematis vitalba, if not checked.
In New Zealand it is declared an "unwanted organism" and is listed in the National Pest Plant Accord. It cannot be sold, propagated or distributed. It is a potential threat to native plants since it grows vigorously and forms a canopy which smothers all other plants and has no natural controlling organisms in New Zealand.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I love this image. It shows the anthers on the lily.
The male portion resides in the top 7 cm of the flower whereas the female reproductive organ sits in the lower 1.8 cm of the flower ;-)
Reproductive structures of non-vascular plant (possibly redshank moss, Ceratodon purpureus) seen magnified by water
Anna’s hummer visits the Harvard century plant (agave) in my front yard that recently entered its reproductive stage and sprouted a “quoite” stalk as its last hurrah! There are also many, many bees on this plant, but I have read that bats that pollinate this plant at night when the flowers are open.
You, dear Flickr-Friend! don't know who's visiting this Orange Jewel-Weed, Impatiens capensis. You might easily learn though that 'capensis' is a misnomer by the first descriptor of our Plant, Nicolaas Meerburgh (1734-1814). Meerburgh, a mere under-gardener of the Leiden Hortus but a great illustrator, thought he was describing (1775) a plant from South Africa, and hence the established specific name: "from the Cape of Good Hope". In fact, bright Impatiens hails from North America.
Okay! and who then is its visitor? I saw her fly into that Jewel of a Flower, and take it to be a Garden Bumblebee, Bombus hortorum. Quite a challenge for her to wriggle all the way into the flower for a taste of nectar; meanwhile she's unwittingly also pollinating for Future Flowers; see how her back is being used as a reproductive aid!
Macro extremo de los estambres de una pequeña flor amarilla.
Extreme macro of the stamens of a small yellow flower.
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The center of a tulip, the stamens full of pollen, I selected the reproduction organs as a focus... where were the bees???
I keep writing that I do not talk to flowers, no, but look what they are sometimes telling me! Lol.
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Reproductive apparatus of the prolific hibiscus — untidy and spectacular growing to five metres in my Gold Coast hinterland garden. On a misty morning.
Each lily flower has six stamens - the male reproductive organs. These stamens are made up of thin stalks, often referred to as filaments, having anthers or organs that bear the pollens at their tips. The color of lily pollens differs from light yellow to deep brown. The difference depends on the species and hybrids of lilies. At the center of the flower, there is a pistil - the female reproductive parts. The pistils are made up of the ovary at their base - the place where seeds are formed, an elongated style and a stigma having three lobes at the tips - the place where the pollens get fixed.
www.herbs2000.com/flowers/l_anatomy.htm
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Fuji X-Pro3 plus Samyang telephoto lens wide-open. Botanists would be able to explain why pollinators are attracted to this flower (colour, scent and things like that). They can not explain why we are attracted to this flower, us, unconnected to the plant in any practical biological sense. What we see and appreciate is its "beauty". This is something we import into the equation. We are quite choosy when it comes to sticking the label of beauty to things. The external reproductive organs of humans and mammals we would hardly call beautiful. The Romans used the term "pudendum" for this (which, semantically, is related to the notion of shame). We don't have this issue with flowers. Their reproduction process is not regarded as shameful. Makes you think.
Since mushrooms are just reproductive structures, you wonder what they are the reproductive structures of. Microscopic spores fall from the pores and gills of mushrooms such as those pictured above. If environmental conditions are just right, fungal hyphae (HI-fee, the plural of "hypha") emerge from the spore -- like the sprout emerging from a seed. These hyphae form a webby mass of typically white, interwoven, threadlike filaments known collectively as mycelium. Each individual, threadlike filament of the mycelium is known as a hypha (HI-fah), plural hyphae (HI-fee). This mycelium composed of hyphae does the organism's day-to-day work of breaking down and acquiring the fungus's food from humus in the soil, or decaying wood or some other substance. In other words, though usually mycelium isn't even noticed by most people, it's actually the fungus organism's body. Then when conditions are right the mycelium mass forms a budlike structure someplace and from this emerges the mushroom. The mycelium does the fungus's work, and the mushrooms enable to fungus organism to reproduce by producing spores.
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A stunning close-up of a vibrant pink hibiscus flower takes center stage in this captivating image. The flower's delicate petals, saturated with an intense fuchsia hue, seem to glow against the soft, out-of-focus greenery in the background. Dewdrops cling to the petals, adding a touch of sparkle and freshness to the scene.
The flower's prominent stamen and pistil reach out from the center, showcasing the intricate beauty of the hibiscus's reproductive structures. Surrounding the blossom, lush green leaves provide a striking contrast, their veined surfaces adding texture to the composition.
This image captures the essence of tropical allure, highlighting the hibiscus's role as nature's own neon sign. The shallow depth of field emphasizes the flower's breathtaking detail while creating a dreamy, bokeh-filled backdrop that allows the hibiscus to truly shine.
Reproductive organs of early crocus (Crocus tommasinianus) – pistil and stamens.
Organy rozrodcze szafranu Tommasiniego (Crocus tommasinianus) – słupek i pręciki.
" Mute Swans...The male and the female birds, the cob and pen, usually attempt to mate for life, although it is not true to say that if one of the birds were to die the other would necessarily pine away...It is possible for an adult bird to find an alternative mate..."
The female lays up to seven eggs between late April and early May. Both sexes incubate the eggs, which hatch after 35-41 days...The young birds, or cygnets, sometimes ride on their parents' backs and remain with the adult birds for four or five months...Cygnets are generally dingy brown above and whitish below..."
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Florida’s most prolific iguana is the most substantial of all invasive species. The Green Iguana grows over 5 feet and can weigh up to 15 pounds. These iguanas are shades of emerald green with large spikes running down their back and tail. Green Iguanas also have a large dewlap (or neck flap) for regulating their body temperature. They present their dewlap to potential mates during courtship.
The Green Iguana’s tail is its primary weapon. It’s capable of whipping other animals when threatened. When ensnared, an iguana can detach its tail and grow another one. Green Iguanas also have another unique defense system, a third eye. On the forehead, they have a primitive pineal gland. The gland is not capable of forming images like the other two. They use their parietal eye to sense changes in light and track predators above.
Green Iguanas are herbivores. However, their diet in Florida does not provide enough water to regulate their body temperatures. As a result, the iguanas tear through plant matter, leaving little behind.
Green Iguanas are prolific breeders. Females are capable of laying 45 eggs in every clutch. With few natural predators, most of their young reach reproductive maturity.
Green Iguanas are native to Central and South America. The iguanas first established populations in the Florida Keys. It’s thought the green iguanas first hitched a ride on South American fruit ships. In the following years, careless pet owners released the iguanas into the wild.
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‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 100
‧ Aperture – f/11
‧ Exposure – 1/80 second
‧ Focal Length – 190mm
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" Male (Cob) & Female (Pen) Mute Swan Cygnets @ 26 Weeks Old Having Hatched 8 / 9th May 2010...Main Lake, Sefton Park, Liverpool...Seen Here Enjoying A Daily Snack Of Sweet Corn..."
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Reproductive organs of spring crocus (Crocus vernus) – pistil and stamens.
Organy rozrodcze szafranu wiosennego (Crocus vernus) – słupek i pręciki.
A trio of female southern white rhinoceroses at Longleat Safari Park is playing a crucial role in a desperate race against time to save the northern white rhino from extinction
A team of international scientists is attempting to save the
sub-species, which is down to its last two surviving individuals, from disappearing forever by using assisted reproductive technologies and stem-cell associated techniques.
Eggs collected from Razina, Ebun and Murashi at Longleat will be used as part of the ground-breaking scientific work to create viable northern white rhino offspring.
Initially it is hoped embryos created from their eggs will be implanted into surrogate southern white rhino mothers in the first stage of a plan which aims to effectively resurrect the northern white rhinos’ dying bloodline.
Longleat is the first UK-based zoological collection to be involved in this ground-breaking project, with a number of other zoos in mainland Europe also participating.
“The aim is to use eggs collected from our females, fertilise them in vitro, and then implant them into surrogate female southern white rhinos at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya,” said Longleat’s lead rhino keeper Leah Russell.
“If this proves successful, they will then attempt implanting 12 pure northern rhino embryos, which have been fertilised with frozen sperm from deceased males, into southern surrogates,” she added.
The BioRescue research consortium (www.biorescue.org) is being led by Professor Thomas Hildebrandt, who is head of the Department of Reproduction Management at Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and Professor of Wildlife Reproduction Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin.
“BioRescue is such a challenging and complex conservation science project. Therefore, it is really important that we are joined by competent international partners such as Longleat to master this ambitious mission,” said Professor Thomas Hildebrandt.
Once the eggs are extracted, Professor Hildebrandt and his team will have a race against time to get them back to the Avantea laboratory in Italy where they will be fertilised using sperm from a male white rhino, prior to being flown to Africa for the implantation procedures.
The northern white rhino is a subspecies of white rhino, which used to range over parts of Uganda, Chad, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Years of widespread poaching and civil war in their home range have devastated northern white rhino populations, and they are now considered to be extinct in the wild.
The two surviving northern white rhinos Fatu and Najin, both females, live under 24-hour armed guard on the 360 km² Ol Pejeta Conservancy, near Mount Kenya.
Sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhinoceros, died of an age-related illness at Ol Pejeta on the 19th of March, 2018.
If the treatment proves successful it is hoped it could also be used, alongside conservation programmes, to help boost numbers of other highly endangered species
Information by Longleat Safari Park.
I thought I'd try a close-up with my camera phone. Not too bad, I guess. Six anthers are clearly shown, all bearing some pollen. The sigma, with its three-sided structure, is obvious, too.
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The photo taken at our backyard with Blue Ice sitting in the back, Nasturtium flowing across, and Calla Lily growing underneath.
Dr. B.N. Chakravarty (Founder of reproductive medicine) attending patients at his Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM) Salt Lake, Kolkata. To help you a bit more we've added the address with contact no.
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Institute of Reproductive Medicine
(Dr. Baidyanath Chakravarty)
HB Block, 36/A/3, Sector - 3
Kolkata - 700106
Ph. 033-3215125/5127
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" A Canada Goose Hybrid...Usually With A Greylag Goose Often Results In The Orange Legs & Beak Of a Greylag... (Black in a Canada Goose)...Here The Feet Being Yellow and The Beak Pink (with a White circle on the outer eye)..."
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Lichen reproductive organs - apothecia- are round and occur in great profusion on the body of this lovely yellow lichen. While not a regular pattern per se the profusion of roundness is the pattern of nature seen in many lichens. This one was on a fallen branch at Cardinia Reservoir on our extremely wet weekend. Possibly a Xanthoria species. Sometimes these fruiting bodies are called fairy cups.
Lichens, or lichenised fungi, are organisms made up of a fungus and one or more algae or a cyanobacterium in a symbiotic relationship. Australia's has lots of algae and I once worked, many years ago, with one of Australia's well known lichenologists!
While mushrooms are my subject, my focus was capturing the entire scene, illustrating an old yet constantly renewing ecosystem. The soft light was captivating and it also reminded me of Michigan’s Armillaria on the northern peninsula, it has remained genetically stable for nearly 2500 years. The mushroom is the reproductive structure of the fungus, releasing spores to propagate. We tend to think of it as an individual 'plant' but it's not.
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Introduction
Bryaninops natans, commonly known as the hovering goby, is a small species of goby fish belonging to the family Gobiidae. It is a marine fish found in tropical waters, particularly in association with coral reefs. This report explores its taxonomy, habitat, physical characteristics, behavior, and ecological role.
Taxonomy and Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Bryaninops
Species: Bryaninops natans
Habitat and Distribution
Bryaninops natans is commonly found in warm tropical and subtropical waters, primarily in the Indo-Pacific region. It inhabits shallow coral reef environments, typically living in close association with branching corals such as Acropora species. These fish are usually found at depths ranging from 2 to 20 meters.
Physical Characteristics
Bryaninops natans is a small, slender goby species, typically growing to about 2–3 cm in length.
It has a translucent body, often with a pinkish or yellowish hue, which helps it blend with its coral surroundings.
Its large, protruding eyes aid in detecting predators and prey.
The dorsal and anal fins are elongated, and the body is covered in tiny scales that give it a slightly rough texture.
Behavior and Diet
This species is known for its hovering behavior, as it often remains suspended near coral branches.
It primarily feeds on plankton and other small microorganisms found in the water column.
Bryaninops natans is typically solitary or found in small groups.
It relies on its camouflaging ability to evade predators, which include larger reef fish.
Reproduction
Like many gobies, Bryaninops natans exhibits egg-laying reproductive behavior.
Mating pairs form temporary bonds, and the female lays eggs on coral surfaces.
The male guards and aerates the eggs until they hatch into free-swimming larvae.
Ecological Importance
This species plays a role in the coral reef ecosystem by consuming plankton, which helps regulate the plankton population.
It also serves as prey for larger reef fish, contributing to the marine food web.
The presence of Bryaninops natans in coral reefs indicates healthy reef ecosystems.
Conclusion
Bryaninops natans is a fascinating small goby species that thrives in coral reef environments. Its unique hovering behavior, translucent appearance, and ecological role make it an important part of reef biodiversity. However, threats to coral reefs, such as climate change and habitat destruction, may impact its population. Conservation efforts aimed at protecting coral reefs are crucial for ensuring the survival of this and many other reef-associated species.
Also commonly called green-head ants. Winged males tend to look more wasp-like than workers and queens.
It is spring and these reproductives have begun their nuptial flights which will continue until November.
Genus Rhytidoponera, native to this country.
Around 7 mm length.
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Reproductive and virginile Acer platanoides invading the felling in the pinery within the Kuneevsky forest area in Togliatti
The reproductive organs of a white lily, the anthers at the end of the stamens look as though they are ready to burst? LOL
Just starting to release the pollen.
Photographers are the keepers of reality, this flower will only ever be seen like this again, because I 'eternalised' it!
It's gone now, but not completely... the photo remains!
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I'm so elegant
Also quite intelligent
Yet not arrogant
These wasps are eusocial: "Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality. It is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality
For today's special flickr food channel edition, these orange sulphur butterflies were getting some kind of nutrition from what looked like dry sand.
Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but occurs in other animals as well, mainly insects; they seek out certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud and carrion and they suck up the fluid. From the fluids they obtain nutrients such as salts and amino acids that play various roles in their physiology, ethology and ecology. Males seem to benefit from the sodium uptake through mud-puddling behaviour with an increase in reproductive success. The collected sodium and amino acids are often transferred to the female with the spermatophore during mating as a nuptial gift. This nutrition also enhances the survival rate of the eggs.