Anthers and Stigmas and Styles, Oh My! -Sayra

Anthers and Stigmas and Styles, Oh My!

To begin, fertilization is when the female gamete is in the process of fusion which can be the ovum or egg and then the male gamete made in the pollen tube by the pollen grain. Everything starts of with the pollen and seed cones. The pollen cones are for the males while the seed cones are for the females. Pollen grains are made from the pollen cones. For the female, the seed cones, there are thousands of cells to be found. Pollen goes into the stigma and starts to germinate in order for the sperm to reach the egg. After the tube grows, it reaches the ovule. Lastly, double fertilization occurs and then everything is complete.

This shows the picture of the flower before the petals were taken off in order to dissect it.

The stem looking part is called the filament while the top yellow tips that are at the end of the stalk are called the anthers.

Here we see the carpel with the pointy top called the stigma and that is where the pollen grains get stuck.

This shows the ovary which has one or more ovules where the gametophytes are produced.