Bee pollinating a flower. Sequence of artworks showing how a bee (left) lands on a flower to drink nectar (centre left),brushing up against the pollen-bearing anthers. As the bee moves around,the pollen grains (purple spheres) are transferred (pink arrow,centre) to the carpel (stigma and style) of the flower. The carpel is sectioned in the third and fourth artworks,with a pollen tube growing downwards (second pink arrow) to reach the flower's ovary and fertilise the ovule (brown). This forms seeds (red,fourth artwork) for a new plant (fourth artwork). The fifth (sectioned) and sixth (non-sectioned) artworks show the fruit (red) that forms around the seeds | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Lunau, Claus |
Bildgröße: | 7831 px × 2681 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |