Questions tagged [flowers]
Reproductive structures of angiosperm (flowering) plants.
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Why does a coconut have exactly three "holes"?
Why do coconuts have exactly three "holes", as seen in this picture?
A theory says:
As coconut is a sibling of palm, somehow long time ago, three palms were in a same husk. Based on evolution theory, ...
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Why do pink rain lilies flower only after rains, and not from being watered?
We have pink rain lilies (Zephyranthes carinata) in the garden. In my personal experience, I've found that they always flower, without exception, shortly after rains. However, there are roughly ten ...
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What is this ornamental, yellow flower that looks like a smooth pineapple skin?
My mom got this in her Mother's Day arrangement and we have no idea what it is.
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Identification of a purple flower
What is this purple flower? Picture taken from a garden in India.
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Identifying three species of Datura
I have found a large, wild patch, some 200m long, of mainly Datura Stramonium, in our street. I have always been keenly interested and well read on the shamanic, and - very rare - medicinal uses of ...
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What kind of flower is this?
I was in my garden a few days ago and found the flower shown in the pictures.
Can anybody tell me what this flower is?
Location: Germany / northrhine westfalia
Date: February 2017
Season: Winter
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Alpine flower identification — Italy/France
I have been using the internet to try to identify alpine flowers photographed in July 2007 on a shortish walk above Chianale (1800 m), in the Italian Valle Varaita (bordering the French maritime alps)....
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Identify This Plant (Flower)
I just bought this plant from flower shop, after it flowered it was very beautiful red flower, can anyone tell me what is this flower?
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Identify this roadside plant in Montserrat, Spain
Photographed in April; growing abundantly on the side of a rocky path in Montserrat, Spain. Up to maybe 1 foot (30 cm) in height.
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What is the name of this flower?
This is from Bangladesh though I am not sure it's native here
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What are these structures inside a cut open Allamanda blanchetti?
As suggested by @tyersome in my previous question on the same topic which I posted yesterday, I have cut open few flowers of Allamanda blanchetti
in order to observe if any reproductive structures ...
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How do the flowers of Diphylleia grayi become transparent after rain?
Known as the skeleton flower, its flowers turn transparent in rain. How does it do so? How can it gain transparency in rain when water is already present in flower? Or is it because other components ...
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What is the name of this flowering plant?
My mother is in hospice, and this beautiful flower is outside her window. She would like to know the name of "her" flower.
The flower is growing in Eastern Kansas and we are approaching the first ...
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What is the name of this flower?
A flower has grown on a leaf in our garden. What is the name of this flower? Give some description.
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What is the name of this plant, from Bangladesh?
This is a small plant from my backyard. I have found the flower closes in the evening.
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What happens to tube nucleus of the pollen tube after fertilisation?
Background:
Pollen tube contains a vegetative cell and a generative cell. The vegetative cell contains the tube nucleus, and the generative cell contains two male gametes. The two male gametes fuse ...
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What kind of purple flower is this?
Shot in a garden in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada on June 18th, 2020. Flowerhead size approx. 1 1/4" diameter across.
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What plant is this, seen at the Allan Gardens?
I tried a couple of apps on my phone, but I could not identify this flower and plant species. These are at the
Allen Gardens Conservatory, at the beginning of Spring in Toronto.
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What is the trigger of pollen tube formation when the pollen is on the stigma?
What is the mechanism of pollen tube formation when the pollen is close to the stigma ?
Is it because of chemotaxis? In other words, is the growth triggered by some chemical substance that is ...
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What is this plant on the photos?
Found in Kustaankartano, Helsinki, Finland in June 2015.
(for closeup view, copy image URL and open in new window and then zoom in)
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Can anyone ID this flower plant by the photo?
Can someone identify this plant? It has big red flowers when it flowers! Not sure if it is native, but it is in my grandmothers garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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What would be a reason for a tree to have flowers of different colors?
The spring is here and the cherry trees along my street are blooming again! Some trees have white flowers, some dark pink. But then... there're these trees which are all white yet just a few flowers ...
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Trick fruit trees into flowering later in the spring
There is a common problem with fruit trees in temperate climates where the trees flower before the last frost. Generally speaking, if the tree has flowered, and the temperature drops below freezing, ...
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Different flowers have same colour
I notice that certain (wild) flowers have the same colour, although they are not closely related. For example, the yellows of the dandelion (Taraxacum) and the buttercup (Ranunculus) are, at least to ...
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Why do plants flower in different seasons?
I know how it is controlled (photoperiodism), but I wonder why all plants don't start to flower in spring? Is it connected with ecological niche?
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Can anyone identify these flowers?
I'm mostly interested in the maroon and white ones in the center, or the purple and white ones in the front left corner. They were in bloom in a garden in July at the Buffalo Harbor. Any help would ...
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Do flowers transpire?
I have googled this out but no where found a satisfactory answer. The definition of transpiration states that it is the evaporative loss of water from the aerial surfaces of the plant but I am really ...
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What is the identity of this flower found in Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, California, USA?
Please help identify this flower I saw in Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, California. It was smelling soooo good, you can feel from distance. I want to buy and plant in my garden.
Thank you,
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What flower is this?
I received this flower as a gift.
So far, I couldn't identify what flower it is. My family thinks it may be either some sort of Clematis or an Ipomoea purpurea.
The main reason I want to identify ...
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Can anyone identify this plant from Bangladesh?
I have taken the picture from an agriculture university in Bangladesh.
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Identification of a plant (in a pot)
I have in my flat a plant which sometime make strange flowers. When the start it looks like plastic stars:
Then the flowers are opening after few days and looks like this:
The smell is a bit ...
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What flower is this? (Dolomites, Italy)
I took this picture a few days ago in Val Rendena, in the dolomitic Brenta group (2000 m). The whole plant was 15 cm tall at most, and it had a single leaf on the stem. What flower is it?
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Any idea what this red plant is?
I live in South central Indiana, US, and these have just started appearing in the grass in my yard. I just bought this house last fall so I've never seen them. Anyone know what they are? Are they ...
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Is there any relation between phyllotaxis and the Fibonacci sequence?
I had to modify the question to get into a clearer answer. I originally asked this:
Original question
Watching some TV series, I saw the claim that all flowers have a number of petals that is related ...
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Tree identification
I went to Araku few days ago and saw this tree in a garden .
Here are the leaves
I know the pic of fruits is a bit hazy and out of focus,but it's the best I have.
These trees were in a cluster ,...
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ID of this flower/plant and origin if possible
Hello again all you helpers out there!
So this plant or flower is found in Virginia (USA) rural area mainly woodland and grassplains, when it comes up, it rarely last for very long, so with a photo ...
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Reasons for a flower type to consume water faster than another?
This is an easy experiment where you put a white flower into a recipient filled with water and liquid watercolor, so that the flower gets dyed.
While doing this experiment for different types of ...
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Questions regarding the four pollination mechanisms of papilionaceous flowers
I want to understand the four mechanisms of pollination in papilionaceous flowers: pump/piston, explosive, valvular and brush.
The topic is lightly touched upon in this part of a Wikipedia article, ...
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Single flowers and double flowers on the same plant?
A friend of mine found a strange plant of begonia that at first had regular flowers. After a while it started producing double flowers and has now a mixed inflorescence:
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Is flowers nectar secreation influenced by bees/pollinators?
Nectar secretion by flowers is influenced by many environmental factors e.g. water supply and air temperature [1].
My question is: do bees (or any other pollinator) influence it too?
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Is the number of stamens always 9 for geranium?
We are studing in class the reproduction of plants.
We start the lesson by observing some components of flowers, it was the Géranium.
First of all we start counting the number of sepals , petals and ...
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What did Darwin mean by "degraded flowers"?
One of the chapters of The Origin of Species says that "Certain plants, belonging to the Malpighiaceæ, bear perfect and degraded flowers;" Full passage for context
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What causes plants in the prunus genus to reach anthesis?
In a related question, I ask how to trick fruit trees into flowering later in the spring by prolonging frozen ground conditions.
However, I'm starting to realize that I don't actually understand what ...
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Can anyone Id this flower?
Small pink flower, started out as tiny buds, leaves look almost like Maple leaves..
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Strange yellow flower in shrub Species ID
This is a perennial plant photo taken in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, but I have seen the same plant in Andhra Pradesh as well. It's not exactly woody like a tree, but pretty large shrub [taller than me].
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What is this yellow-pink flower?
Found in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County
This is intentionally planted, not sure if it is indigenous to this region. Thank you for your expertise!
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What is the name of this flower? The photo was taken in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia
This little flower was growing on dry ranchland in Kelowna, it flowered in April:
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Which one is true about sunflowers, "follow the sun across the sky" or "always face east"?
Which one is true :
Sunflowers follow the sun across the sky.
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Sunflowers always face east.
Or are there 2 kinds of sunflowers with different behaviours?
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