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= Welcome to Our Wiki Page = by : Deborah Wong, Laura Salim , Pamela Soh and Peter Nguyen


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 * Our Flower Grevillia (left to right: Gravillea bud, young plant and mature plant) ||

Plant genus: Grevillea Plant family: Proteaceae Distribution  : Australia Habitat : Popular Australian  Garden plant mainly living in temperate to subtropical climates.

Many flowers arranged in a inflorescence Long antlers coming out quite a distance from the flower to prevent self pollination Red anter and yellow stigma Long yellow stigma, red anthers fused together  and appears like  petals Birds are likely to be the primary pollinators of the plant due to the woody stems that allow the birds to perch on.
 * __Pollination & Fertilisation __ **



__**Variability of Floral Morphology**__ A labelled Diagram of the various structures of the Grevillia __ **Floral Morphology and Visitations** __
 * || Length of flower (mm) || Distance between male and female parts (mm) ||
 * Average || 44.7 || 23.7 ||
 * Standard deviation || 1.895 || 1.867 ||



The Male Structure above



The Female Structure above

__ **Pollen morphology** __ 10 x magnification 40 X magnification

Gathered very little pollen from the flower. Possibly due to handling the plant. The pollen viewed even under 10 times magnification has a distinct triangle shape. It also has a obvious yellow colour. The pollen was extracted from the male structure of the plants.

__ **Nectar Characterisation** __ We were unable to extract sufficent nectar from our plants so we used the provided plants. We determined it was 27 .6 % of sugar concentration. This is very high but average for the Grevillia. This is probably due to the flowers drying out or they weren't matured when viewed.