Bluebell Pollen Grains
by Steve Gschmeissner
Title
Bluebell Pollen Grains
Artist
Steve Gschmeissner
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) pollen grains. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pollen grains are the male sex cells of a flowering plant. Their characteristic surface is used by botanists to recognise and classify plants. Pollen in plants is used for transferring male genetic material from the anther of a single flower to the stigma of another in cross-pollination. In a case of self-pollination, this process takes place from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower. Magnification: x1000 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.
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August 1st, 2016
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