Blog Post #7: Anthers and Stigmas and Styles, Oh My!

Blog Post #7:

       In order for our plant to have been planted in the first place, we would need seeds. We got these through a very important process. It all began with another plant, that when it got big enough, began to grow flowers. These flowers would have multiple parts, including the anthers, stigma, stamen, carpel, and ovules. First, the flower would use the anthers to produce pollen, which is basically the sperm for plants. Then a Bee would pick up that pollen from the flowers and bring it to another flower. This bee would land on the carpel, and the pollen would get stuck on the stigma, because of their sticky tip. Then, that pollen would be transported to the ovules to fertilize the eggs, which eventually become seeds for another plant.
       Here is an image of the flowers of our plant (or at least one near our's). In this image, it shows the anthers and the stigma of the flower, both which are parts of the flower reproductive system. These parts are the male and female reproductive system for the plant. This is not the same for every plant, some have just the reproductive parts of 1 gender.
      This is a (20x) view of the stamen, or male reproductive parts. It has filaments coming up from the base of the flower and the thing at the end is called the anther. This releases pollen, which carries the plant's male gametes, or also known as sperm cells.
      This is another (20x) view of the flower, but of the carpel, or the female anatomy. It has a style, or a stalk, and a sticky tip called the stigma. This is where the pollen grains get stuck on, then get transferred to the ovary.
      This is a picture of just the flower ovary, which has been cut to show the tiny ovules (unfertilized seeds). The ovary holds these ovules, until they get fertilized, and then they become the seeds to create new plants.

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