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Living Systems Practical: Sex, Rewards, and Pollination
Group Members: Mandy, Wendy, Kristen

Plant species: //Clivia miniata// Plant family: Amaryllidaceae Common name: Clivia, Kaffir lily Climate: Cannot survive under extreme cold or heat Distribution: Native to South Africa, in Australia - distributed around the coast Seeds: Large, fleshy seeds often exceeding 1cm Flowers: Late winter and spring Habit: Grows to about 45cm



//Source: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome/royal_botanic_garden/gardens_and_domain/Plant_of_the_Month/Clivia_miniata//

Floral Morphology
This flower most likely attracts birds due to the Clivia's shape and size. The filaments are very long and the anther is far from the nectar source, small insects are unlikely to brush past anthers to pick up pollen grains to fertilize other plants. Birds are able to pick up pollen as they consume the nectar as their body is large enough to pick up pollen and transfer the pollen to other plants. //Pollen grains 40x//

7 flowers were measured
 * || Filament (cm) || Anther (cm) || Style (cm) ||
 * || 4.2 || 0.5 || 5.5 ||
 * || 4.3 || 0.5 || 4.9 ||
 * || 3.8 || 0.5 || 5 ||
 * || 3.9 || 0.5 || 5 ||
 * || 4.1 || 0.5 || 4.7 ||
 * || 3.7 || 0.5 || 5.3 ||
 * || 4 || 0.5 || 5.1 ||
 * Mean || 4 || 0.5 || 5.071429 ||
 * Standard Deviation || 0.216025 || 0 || 0.262769 ||

No nectar was able to be collected, this may be due to the timing of nectar production as well as the time elapsed since the flower was picked.