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Started February 27, 2009 @ 6:25pm by Wes
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Wes
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| Close and personal | February 27, 2009 @ 6:25pm | For those who have never seen a flower ovary, here is one (in green), surrounded by the filaments of the stamen:
And, for a little biology review here is the anatomy of a flower:
Wes
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Flo
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| February 28, 2009 @ 8:11am | Nice capture, Wes.
To continue the biology review: The pollen (male) produced by the anthers, gets blown onto or deposited onto the stigma by an insect. The stigma is sticky, so the pollen doesn't blow off or fall off. Then the pollen starts growing down through the stigma and style until it gets into the ovary and finds an ovule (female) to fertilize. And then the ovule grows into a seed.
Plant "sex" isn't very exciting from a human POV, lol.
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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Wes
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| February 28, 2009 @ 8:46am |
Quote (Flo)
Nice capture, Wes.
To continue the biology review: The pollen (male) produced by the anthers, gets blown onto or deposited onto the stigma by an insect. The stigma is sticky, so the pollen doesn't blow off or fall off. Then the pollen starts growing down through the stigma and style until it gets into the ovary and finds an ovule (female) to fertilize. And then the ovule grows into a seed.
Plant "sex" isn't very exciting from a human POV, lol. |
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I don't know, Flo it depends on what turns a person on. I think that human sex gets to be matter of fact over time, similar to a flower. 
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sherryd
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| March 4, 2009 @ 5:18pm | Great capture! I love that you can see so much texture on the petals, and the color is fabulous! (And thanks for the botany lesson!)
sherryd
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JPetty
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| March 4, 2009 @ 8:37pm | Very, very nice botanical shot. And thanks for the botany lesson as well.
Janet
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April
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| March 6, 2009 @ 8:01pm | For some reason, I can never keep the male/female parts of a flower straight. This helps!
April (PPY)
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Flo
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| March 7, 2009 @ 6:52am |
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For some reason, I can never keep the male/female parts of a flower straight. This helps! |
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April, that's because you've never been a plant in a previous life! 
Flo - PPY
"May we live in peace without weeping. May our joy outline the lives we touch without ceasing. And may our love fill the world, angel wings beating." aziza
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