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Hibiscus is actually pollinated by hummingbirds! Red flowers always most likely are because birds can see red better than insects (they're better at the blue and purple part of the spectrum). Also, the pollen is far away from the nectar. If a hummingbird puts its tongue into the flower, the pollen will be deposited on its back. An insect would never touch the pollen when crawling into the flower to the nectar. ^^
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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.
Is a buttercup flower a wind or insect pollinated plant?
It's bright and showy, and even has little nectar ducts under its petals, so insect-pollinated. Wind-pollinated plants generally don't have flowers, or the flowers are very small and inconspicuous, like those of grass. Wind-pollinated plants also make far more pollen (try tapping a pine tree or reed in spring) because the wind does not take it directly to its destination, much of it will be lost. With insects there's a fair chance the little there is will reach another flower of the same species.
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.
How is wind pollinating a flower similar to an insect pollinating a flower?
They both produce pollen, therefore they must have anthers and since they both produce seeds they must have stigmasThe end results of wind pollination and insect pollination are the same, the plants are pollinated.Wind pollinated plants, which include the grasses and some trees, have either no flowers or very insignificant flowers because they have no need to attract insects. The anthers produce very large amounts of very small pollen grains which are then blown by the wind in the hope of hitting a stigma of the same variety of plant. This is the type of pollen which is the major cause of hay fever.Insect pollinated plants will have flowers, usually with nectar, to attract the insects and reward them with food. A bee's body is covered with fine hairs which become charged with static electricity as the insect flies so when it lands on the flower the pollen grains are actually attracted to the bee's body. When the bee goes to the next flower, some of this pollen is transferred to the flower's stigma. Pollen grains of insect-pollinated plants are much larger than those of wind-pollinated plants.
Difference between animal and wind pollination?
Most grasses and many trees are pollinated by the wind. The pollen carrying organs of these types of plant are exposed so that the wind can distribute their pollen, catkins are a typical wind pollinated structure. Insect pollinated plants need to attract insects to their flowers and they generally have petals and are often brightly coloured.
Is ragweed insect or wind pollinated?
insect pollinated
How does nasturtium flower adapted to insect pollination?
Is the nasturtium flower wind or insect pollinated since it is also used to repell insects .
Are wind pollinated plants attractive?
That is a matter of taste. Grasses (the prime example) can be very attractive. It is the flower not the plants being attractive in case of insect pollinated and not so attractive in case of wind pollinated.
How are dahlias pollinated?
Dahlias are pollinated by wind, insects or gardeners.
Can insect pollinated flowers be pollinated by wind also?
------> Pollen from a flower can get blow off and land in another flower<------- Double check answer if u wish..... I just used common sense. :)
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.
Insect-pollinated flowers can also be pollinated by wind why?
Insect-pollinated flowers may still be pollinated by wind as a backup method to ensure successful pollination in case insect activity is limited. Wind can help transfer pollen between flowers when insects are scarce or when weather conditions are unfavorable for insect pollination. This redundancy increases the chances of successful pollination and seed production for the plant.
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
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.
Which part must be able to find in a flower to conclude that it is a insect pollinated flower?
Colourful petals. Plants that are not insect-pollinated are most often inconspicuous such as grass (which does have flowers!) or pines (which don't really have flowers but to produce massive amounts of pollen in spring, just because the wind is so random).
What is the different in pollen at wind and insect pollination?
The answer is really pretty simple. Flowers that are pollinated by insects are pollinated by insects going from one flower to an other, carrying pollen from one flower to the next. Wind pollination is caused by the wind carrying pollen from one flower to an other one.Usually insect pollinated flowers have large, brightly colored petals also sweet scented nectaries at the base of the petals - some flowers may look bland but when viewed under ultra violet or infrared light are very conspicuous.The Stamen is short, with anthers firmly attached inside the flower. The Stigma is sticky and is located on the inside of the flower. Additionally the pollen grain are produced in small amounts, it is rough/ spiky and its large. This features are used to attract insects for pollination. The pollen grains are sticky and rough so it clings onto the insect's body. The Stigma is also sticky so the pollen grains remains in place and wont get carried away by the wind currents.Many, but not all dicotyledonous flowers are insect pollinated.Wind pollinated flowers are small and inconspicuous. Sometimes green or brown in color and has no scent or nectaries (such as the flowers of grass plants).The Stamen has long filaments, with anthers that hang outside the flower. The Stigma is large, branched and feathery. The pollen grains are produced in large amounts, its smooth and light hence it can be carried away by the gentlest of wind currents.Many, but not all monocotyledonous flowers and cone producing gymnosperms are wind pollinated.
