TB: HYB: OK, where is the pollen?
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- Subject: TB: HYB: OK, where is the pollen?
- From: a*@jump.net
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 12:44:57 -0500 (CDT)
I see the part of the flower that looks like a very thin
wishbone... I take that to be the "female" part, the stigma. Where
is the "stigmatic lip"? I don't see separate anthers; and I have
looked on both the "front" side of the stigma (visible when looking
between the standards, and the "back" side (visible only by either
prying the stigma forward, or by pressing a certain way on the flower
that causes it to hinge downward, as mentioned previously.
Removing a stigma and looking at it does not reveal any visible
pollen -- I'm looking for powdery stuff when I rub it, and
yellow in general, though just powder would do.
At the base of the "wishbone" the wishbone sides come together
into a single tube that extends the rest of the way down to the
base of the flower (very top of the stalk). In some cases the
colour of this tube has been different than the off-white that
all the (fresh, non-dried out) stigma have been.
Where's the pollen?
--Amy
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