Camellia

=**Camellia**=

Camellia //japonica//

The camellia produces pollen which is found on the anthers. The major means of pollination is by birds and bees. The pollen fertilises the eggs in the ovary, which develops into a small seedpod on the shrub. [] []
 * Pollination and fertilisation**
 * Floral Morphology and Visitation** Camellia flowers come in a wide range of colours, which are attractive to bees and insects. They also produce pollen, which is particularly attractive to bees, as bees are the main pollinators. The wide, flat flower provides an ideal landing space for insects.
 * Variability of floral morphology** We only had two flowers to measure.
 * || Average || Standard Deviation ||
 * Petal length || 24 || 2.828427125 ||
 * Petal width || 19.5 || 0.707106781 ||
 * Anthers || 10 || 0 ||
 * Style || 9.5 || 0.707106781 ||
 * Sepal || 15 || 0 ||
 * Leaf length || 79 || 9.899494937 ||
 * Leaf width || 42.5 || 7.778174593 ||
 * Ovary || 6 || 0 ||
 * Pollen Morphology** There are roughly 63 pollen grains for every 5 anthers. However, it was difficult to accurately count the number of grains as they are so small.

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 * Nectar Characterisation** Camellia plants do produce nectar to attract insects. However, we could not find any pollen in either of our flowers. This may be because the flowers were too mature/immature to produce nectar, or the flowers stopped producing nectar when they were picked. ALso, our flowers weren't in the best condition so we may have crushed the nectar well.