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If a plant has a sticky stigma is it wind or insect pollinated?
A plant with a sticky stigma is more likely to be insect-pollinated. The stickiness of the stigma helps to capture pollen grains brought by insects. Wind-pollinated plants typically have feathery stigmas to catch pollen grains carried by the wind.
Characteristics of insect wind and water pollinated flowers?
Insect-pollinated flowers are often brightly colored, have nectar guides or fragrances to attract insects, and have sticky pollen grains that adhere to insects for transfer. Water-pollinated flowers are often dull in color, lack nectar or fragrance, and produce large quantities of light, buoyant pollen grains that can be carried through water currents for dispersal. Additionally, water-pollinated flowers tend to have feathery stigmas that can easily capture pollen carried by water.
Do the insect pollinated flowers have nectar and wind does not?
the insect does
Is Scent Insect Polinated Flowers or Wind Pollinated Flowers?
wind pollinated
Common examples of non insect pollinated flowers?
Aspidistra. Pollinated by snails.
Why do flowers have bright colours and sweet smell?
flowers are pollinated by insect
How do brightly colored flowers get pollinated?
bright flowers get pollinated because the insect attract them because of the color of the flower
What do insect-pollinated flowers have to attract insects?
Nectar
Examples of Insect-pollinated flowers?
Daisies, dandelions and roses are examples of plants that depend on insects for pollination. Grasses are an example of plants that depend on the wind for pollination. In grass, flowers are grouped together in twos and threes forming spikelets. The flowers are small but they have the same basic structure as an insect pollinated flower. They have ovaries, stigmas, stamens and petals. However, a dandelion is both a wind and insect pollinated flower, depending on its state.
Are all insect pollinated flowers fragrant?
It is not necessary. Some flowers attract insect by their bright color as in case of Petunias.
What are two adaptations of insect-pollinated flowers?
Color and fragrance are two adaptations of insect-pollinated flowers. Flowering plants which benefit from insect pollinators need to call attention to themselves by arthropod-attractive scents and striking colors.
Is the pride of barbados wind-pollinated or insect-pollinated?
The pride o barbados is insect pollinated because it produces sweet nectar and is brightly coloured which attracts insects.
