Pollinium
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A pollinium is a coherent mass of pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in orchids, which
The waxy pollinia of a Phalaenopsis
Pollinia of a Phalaenopsis orchid
Pollinium of Ophrys apifera
Pollinia of Asclepias syriaca
Orchid
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Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae, a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants, living
Pollinium
…pollen grains in a plant that are the product of only one anther, but are transferred, during pollination, as a single unit. This is regularly seen in orchids, which have a complex pollination system, and many species of milkweeds (Asclepiadoideae). Usage of the term differs: in some orchids two masses of…
Plant Orchid Cymbidium aloifolium P1110661 05 cropped
Monopodial: Phalaenopsis growing up from a single point
Sympodial: Prosthechea fragrans, pseudobulb from multiple internodes, leaves dying off at the back
Pseudobulb of Bulbophyllum nutans, from a single internode