"And then one day things weren’t quite so fineI fell in love with LilyI asked my dad where Lily I could findHe said, “Son, now don’t be silly”
“She’s been dead since 1929”Oh, how I cried that nightIf only I’d been born in Lily’s timeIt would have been alright"-Pictures of Lily – Pete Townshend – The Who
The stigma is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower. The stigma receives pollen and it is on the stigma that the pollen grain germinates. Often sticky, the stigma is adapted in various ways to catch and trap pollen with various hairs, flaps, or sculpturings.1 The pollen may be captured from the air (wind-borne pollen, anemophily), from visiting insects or other animals (biotic pollination), or in rare cases from surrounding water (hydrophily).
Stigmas can vary from long and slender to globe shaped to feathery.
Pollen is typically highly desiccated when it leaves an anther. Stigmas have been shown to assist in the rehydration of pollen and in promoting germination of the pollen tube.2 Stigmas also ensure proper adhesion of the correct species of pollen. Stigmas can play an active role in pollen discrimination and some self-incompatibility reactions, that reject pollen from the same or genetically similar plants, involve interaction between the stigma and the surface of the pollen grain.
On one of our running club’s trail runs we pass through an area of prairie grass that leans over the trail. I refer to the experience of passing through that area as getting “pistil whipped.”
Leroy almost 9 years ago
“Young drone, it’s time we had a talk about the birds and the people.”
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Now, bee-have!
Jersey Chuck almost 9 years ago
A sticky situation!
Jersey Chuck almost 9 years ago
The stigma is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower.
Brass Orchid Premium Member almost 9 years ago
"And then one day things weren’t quite so fineI fell in love with LilyI asked my dad where Lily I could findHe said, “Son, now don’t be silly”
“She’s been dead since 1929”Oh, how I cried that nightIf only I’d been born in Lily’s timeIt would have been alright"-Pictures of Lily – Pete Townshend – The Who
sunnysrteet27 almost 9 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma_%28botany%29
The stigma is the receptive tip of a carpel, or of several fused carpels, in the gynoecium of a flower. The stigma receives pollen and it is on the stigma that the pollen grain germinates. Often sticky, the stigma is adapted in various ways to catch and trap pollen with various hairs, flaps, or sculpturings.1 The pollen may be captured from the air (wind-borne pollen, anemophily), from visiting insects or other animals (biotic pollination), or in rare cases from surrounding water (hydrophily).
Stigmas can vary from long and slender to globe shaped to feathery.
Pollen is typically highly desiccated when it leaves an anther. Stigmas have been shown to assist in the rehydration of pollen and in promoting germination of the pollen tube.2 Stigmas also ensure proper adhesion of the correct species of pollen. Stigmas can play an active role in pollen discrimination and some self-incompatibility reactions, that reject pollen from the same or genetically similar plants, involve interaction between the stigma and the surface of the pollen grain.
Chief Inspector almost 9 years ago
BOTANY(in a flower) the part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination
Chief Inspector almost 9 years ago
He gets style points if he answers this right
J Short almost 9 years ago
That Lily ,she’s hot as a pistil.
stoneswivel almost 9 years ago
His mama was a pistil; he’s a little son-of-a-gun.
mourdac Premium Member almost 9 years ago
At least he doesn’t drone on about Lily.
LingeeWhiz almost 9 years ago
Because I need to make a little honey.
Larry Miller Premium Member almost 9 years ago
On one of our running club’s trail runs we pass through an area of prairie grass that leans over the trail. I refer to the experience of passing through that area as getting “pistil whipped.”
Banjo Gordy Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Got caught Miss Bee Heyvin
naturally_easy almost 9 years ago
That’s gotta sting!