three diffrence between wind pollinated flower and insect pollinated flower
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Insect pollinated flowers has features that allow insects, birds, or other animals to pollinate them when they feed on the nectar. The pollen grains will stick onto the outer covering of the insect and when the insect brushes pass the stigma of the same flower or another flower, the pollen grains will stick onto the stigma of the flower and pollinate the flower. the pollen grain will then grow a pollen tube down the style to reach the ovary which contains the ovules, and when the two sex cells fuse, fertilisation will take place and the ovule will develop into a seed and the ovary a fruit.
To maximise the chance of fertilisation taking place, insect pollinated flowers usually have:
Large, scented and brightly coloured petals to attract pollinators
Filaments and anthers inside the flower
Stigma(s) inside the flower
Large and sticky/spiky pollen grains
Small and sticky stigma
Nectar for pollinators to feed on
Examples of such flowers are rose, hibiscus, sunflowers, etc.
On the other hand, wind pollinated flowers do not need pollinators as the pollen grains fall off when wind blows past onto the stigma.
Wind pollinated flowers usually have:
Small and dull coloured petals
Filaments and anthers hanging out of the flower
Stigma(s) hanging out of the flower
Small and dry pollen grains
Large and feathery stigma to catch the pollen grains that are blown off
No nectar
Examples of such flowers are grass, rice, corn, barley, etc.................
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Explanation:insect pollination
1 flowers are having nectar and pollen grains as rewards
2 they have safe place for laying eggs
3 pollen grains are sticky
Wind pollination
1 pollen grains are small and non sticky
2 feathery stigma
3 flowers are colourless, nectar less and odor less
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