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=__Practical 9 - Sex, rewards, and pollination__=

Clivias
Group members: Ben, Sam, Hugh, Whitney, Tim Botanical name: //Clivia miniata 'Striata'// Plant family: //Amaryllidaceae// Common name: Clivia or Kaffir lily Distribution: Grows in variety of places as it can withstand hot and cold but cannot handle areas where frost and consistant high temperatures are found. Native to southern Africa

D. ||  ||   || 1.7 ||   ||   || 2.3 ||
 * || Shape || Colour || Average carpel length || Average tube opening length || Average width || Distance between anther and carpel ||
 * || "bell-shaped" || bright oranges, apricots, reds and yellows || 81 mm || N/A || N/A || 46 mm ||
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Clivia's can be reporduced asexually through vegetative propagation or sexually though fertilisation. Flowers with inferior ovaries containing both the male and female parts. These plants do not self-pollinate as the gynoecium and androecium are out of sync with eachother. This means that the pollen is ready at a different time to when the carpel is ready to receive it on the same flower. This encourages cross-pollination that broadens the gene pool.

Clivia flowers lure animals by being visually attractive. They do not use pollen but rather an assortment of bright oranges, apricot, red and yellow petals. Male and female parts are located on each flower. Flowers consist of six petals, no sepals and one stigma surrounded by six anthers that contain the pollen. Clivia's do not use nectar but rather the flowers are quite colourful. They use this feature to attract animals to them so that they will help transport pollen to other flowers.