MAKE A MEME View Large Image Thevetia peruviana-flower-details.jpg A detailed look at the Yellow Oleander's Pollination strategy It might proceed roughly as follows An insect is attracted by the smell of sweet nectar at the bottom of the flower There is a hairy barrier ...
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Keywords: Thevetia peruviana-flower-details.jpg A detailed look at the Yellow Oleander's Pollination strategy It might proceed roughly as follows An insect is attracted by the smell of sweet nectar at the bottom of the flower There is a hairy barrier which is shown from above in the inset The insect can move through it The insect then encounters the stigma and by making contact with it deposits pollen from another flower Since the hairs leading to the bottom point down the insect can easily get to the nectary Going up though the downward pointing hairs block the insect's path However there are hairless bulges just below the anthers Once underneath the stigma its notches and bulges oblige the insect to exit via one of the anthers - thereby collecting the flower's pollen JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER Written in Sabacché and issued from a ciber in nearby Tekit Yucatán MÉXICO http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080915 htm http //www backyardnature net/n/08/080915tw jpg 2008-09-15 Jim Conrad Jim Conrad See http //www backyardnature net/j/copyrite htm 20 39 37 N 89 22 18 W type city_region MX Cascabela thevetia Flower parts Pistil Stamens
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