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Most plants are pollinated by bees, butterflies, moths or other flying insects. Some are pollinated by wind or rain such as wheat and corn. Some are pollinated by flies and emit a smelly odor like a cadaver or feces. Some plants, such as cacti, are pollinated by bats. In North and South America hummingbirds pollinate tube shaped flowers.
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Why does an pollinated plant need petals and scent?
To attract the insects by color and smell
Are petal wind or insect pollinated?
Petals are both wind pollinated and insect pollinated, not one or the other. Insect pollinated petals are large and brightly colored while wind pollinated petals are small and brown or green in color.
Suppose you found 2 flowers growing next to each other in a field one had bright orange petals with strong sweet fragrance the other had no petals at all describe how each is normally pollinated?
The fragrant flower with the bright petals was probably pollinated by bees or other animals. The flowerless plant probably reproduces by spores being carried by the wind.
What happens to a corn flower?
If the corn flower is pollinated, it will eventually drop the petals and form seeds. if it is not pollinated, it will wither and die.
Are wind pollinated flowers petals small?
Yes, wind pollinated flower petals are small, because they do not need to be showy to attract insects.
Are petals pollinated by wind or animal?
In either but the animal would usually be a bee
Why do wind pollinated flowers have small petals?
Wind-pollinated flowers typically have small petals because they do not need to attract pollinators, unlike insect-pollinated flowers that often possess large, colorful petals to lure in bees and other insects. The reduced size of the petals helps minimize the flower's overall surface area, making it easier for the wind to transport pollen. Additionally, smaller petals can help protect the reproductive structures from environmental factors while allowing for efficient pollen dispersal.
How do petals help a plant become pollinated?
Flower petal's colors attract the bees which carry the pollen from one plant to another.
Flowers that are pollinated by the wind have smaller petals and sepals that are pollinated by insects or animals why are small petals and sepals an advantage to these flowers?
Answer 1: If a bloom has large petals and sepals, it's much harder to pollinate the flower. They would just get in the way. Answer 2: Petals and sepals are used to attract pollinators and give them a place to land. Wind pollinated plants don't need to attract pollinators or provide landing space for them. Thus, there is no use for large sepals and petals. .
How do petal pollinated?
The bright colors in petals attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Certain colors of petals only attract certain types of pollinators.
If you take all the petals off a flower can the flower still make seeds?
No, the petals play a role in protecting the reproductive parts of the flower and attracting pollinators, but they are not directly involved in seed production. Removing the petals would not prevent the flower from producing seeds if the reproductive organs are still intact and able to be pollinated.
What do wind pollinated flowers look like?
Wind pollinated plants are such as dandellions and oak the dandilions use hundres of white floating seeds to blow around these former afer the plant has lost its petals. Also oak trees use helicopters the are an upside down v shape and spin as they descend.
