HYB: OK, now for the pollen...
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- Subject: HYB: OK, now for the pollen...
- From: a*@jump.net
- Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 11:06:55 -0500 (CDT)
OK, y'all, this is question 101, but...
I have always been under the impression that the pollen is on
the beards -- on the top of them, that is, so that when a bug
climbs in it gets pollen on its front end and then bumps the
stamen. Stamen I have NO trouble recognizing.
Am I correct? The only reason I ask is that by stroking
a beard (an IRIS beard :-)) I do not get "visible" (yellow)
pollen on my finger, as I do with so many other species.
If I am correct, is the concentration of pollen greatest
at some point along the beard? Do you yank out a few "hairs"
and smoosh them onto the stamen?
--Amy
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