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Is the nasturtium flower wind or insect pollinated since it is also used to repell insects
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How is a nectary adapted for insect pollination?
Nectar is insect pollinated. Pollinating insects include moths, bees, and butterflies. The nectary is the part of the flower that secrets the nectar.
Why would a flower need to attract an insect?
to do the process of pollination
What are 3 helpers for plant pollination?
a) wind pollination (wind) b) insect pollination (insect) c) self pollination (the flower pollinates itself)
What is the difference from self and cross pollination?
Cross pollination is when the wind or a insect carries pollen from one flower to another. Self pollination is when a flower produces pollen and uses it in asexual reproduction.
describe pollination in flamboyant flower?
An insect or other animal pollinates the plant.
Why does the insect reach down into the flower?
The insect reaches down into the flower to take a drink of nectar. Then it leaves the flower but in doing so, brushes against the pollen. When the insect travels to another flower, the pollen gets deposited there which results in cross-pollination.
What are the adaptations of orchids?
Many of the different species of orchids have unique adaptations of their flower structure and mechanisms of pollination. One of these pollination mechanisms is called pseudocopulatory pollination, which is where part of the flower actually looks like a female insect. What it does is release a scent into the air to smell like the pheromones of a female bee, fly, wasp or whatever species of insect the orchid needs to attract. When the male insect lands on it and "mates" with what really is the flower, the pollen attaches to the insect and stays with it until it reaches the next flower.
What are orchid tree adaptations?
Many of the different species of orchids have unique adaptations of their flower structure and mechanisms of pollination. One of these pollination mechanisms is called pseudocopulatory pollination, which is where part of the flower actually looks like a female insect. What it does is release a scent into the air to smell like the pheromones of a female bee, fly, wasp or whatever species of insect the orchid needs to attract. When the male insect lands on it and "mates" with what really is the flower, the pollen attaches to the insect and stays with it until it reaches the next flower.
Where is the flower's pollination stored before pollination?
Before pollination, the pollen grains are stored in the anthers (male part) of the plant. During pollination, an insect (such as a bee) flies to the flower for nectar and some pollen from the anthers rubs off on it. When the bee travels to another flower, the pollen sticks to the stigma (female part). After pollination, fertilization can begin. Hope this helps.
How is pollination accomplished?
Usually an insect will get some of the pollen trapped on its body in hairs or whatnot while it's feeding at the flower, and when it moves to another flower (a female one) it can drop the pollen, fertilizing the flower. Pollination is a byproduct of the insect feeding; insects don't set out just to pollinate, but luckily for us, they do so anyway.
Can insect pollination take place in a closed flower?
Depends on the definition of "closed flower".If you mean a flower that is enclosed with petals which are open, such as an Orchid, then the answer would be yes. This happens with many different types of flowers, some which have special adaptations to target a specific insect pollinator.If you mean a closed flower that has not yet opened, then the answer is almost definitely no. When the petals are closed and folded together the stigma and anthers are not yet mature; this means that even if an insect were able to get between the closed petals there sex organs of the flower would not yet be receptive to pollination.Generally insect pollination takes place in open flowers but there are specific cases of insect pollination in closed flowers as in case of many species of Ficus, Lotus etc.
How does cross pollination happens?
it occurs naturally through insects.When an insect sits in a flower the pollen gets attached to its legs.th pollen is transferred when it sits on another plant and pollination occur
