insect and wind pollinated in flowers
- Created by: Lottie Hodson
- Created on: 24-04-13 00:43
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- INSECT AND WIND POLLINATED IN FLOWERS
- WIND POLLINATED
- Small petals (dull colour)
- No need to attract insects
- No scent
- No need to attract insects
- No nectar
- No need to attract insects
- Large quantity of pollen
- Most doesn't reach other flowers
- Pollen very light and smooth
- It can be blown in the wind
- Anthers dangle out - loose
- To release pollen into the wind
- Stigma hangs outside the flower
- To catch the drifting pollen
- Stigma feathery or net like
- To catch the drifting pollen
- Small petals (dull colour)
- INSCET POLLINATED
- Large, brightly coloured petals
- To attract insects
- Often sweetly scented
- To attract insects
- Usually contain nectar
- To attract insects
- Moderate quantity of pollen
- Less wastage than with wind pollination
- Pollen often sticky or spiky
- To stick to insects
- Anthers firm and inside flower
- To brush against insects
- Stigma has sticky coating
- Pollen stick to it
- Large, brightly coloured petals
- WIND POLLINATED
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