Pollen and pollen tube in Hollyhock flower

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Pink Hollyhock botanically known as Althaea officinalis, is a garden herb belonging to Malvaceae family. I plucked a flower growing in my friend’s garden to see its pollen. I was excited to see a germinating pollen with a long pollen tube piercing through the style using a foldscope.

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