Stamen- With pollen inside pollen sacs
Jun 20, 2019 • 1:12 PM UTC
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Manan Suri
My name is Manan. I am a student from New Delhi, India. I like to explore the world around me, and foldscope acts like a gateway for me to delve into the microcosmos. Always open to learning new things, meeting new people and and having new memories.
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I recently came across a flower, with pink petals, and a conical strcuture as the central whorl full of small and minute stamen. I couldnt pluck the flower, but using the forceps, I took out a bunch of stamen. I observed distinctly the filament, and also while observing the anther, I saw certain portions with spherical pollen grain still inside the pollen sac. It was insightful to look at the structures and learn in greater depth.
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The stamen observed under the hand lens.
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Filament near its junction with the anther.
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Pollen as observed inside the anther
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I had some wuestions, like in the picture of the single pollen grain, is the smaller darker structure the nucleus, or the generative cell within the vegetative cell.
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