Kpaw

=**Kpaw**=

**Group Members:**
Daniel Best, Chad Cooper, Shannon Taylor, Hayley Hooper, Holly Webb and Jen Robinson.

Plant Info:
[] (accessed 25th October 2012)
 * Plant Species:** //Angiozanthos pulcherrimus//
 * Plant Family:** Haemodoraceae
 * Common Name:** Yellow Kangaroo Paw
 * Distribution:** Originally found in Perth and regions around WA.
 * Habit:** Grows to 1.2 metres and has bright yellow flowers.
 * Source:** Australian National Botanic Gardens
 * Photo:**

**Floral Morphology:**

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 * Table:**
 * **Structure** || **Flower 1(cm)** || **Flower 2** || **Flower 3** || **Flower 4** || **Flower 5** || **Average** || **Standard Deviation** ||
 * Calyx || 3.9 || 3.9 || 4.4 || 4.5 || 3.7 || 4.08 || 0.349 ||
 * Anther || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0 ||
 * Ovary || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.48 || 0.045 ||
 * Style || 3 || 3.5 || 3.5 || 3.7 || 3.5 || 3.44 || 0.261 ||
 * Filament Opening || 0.7 || 1.4 || 1.5 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 1.2 || 0.469 ||


 * Comments:**
 * The flowers were long, tubular and yellow-gold in colour
 * Flowers had 6 anthers
 * Flowers had 6 petals

Pollen Morphology:

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 * Description:** The plant has a high abundance of pollen, with the grains being 0.233mm in diameter on average. These grains were quite smooth and spherical in shape.

Nectar:
No nectar was found within any of the flowers. This could be because all of the flowers were still closed. They had produced large amounts of pollen but had not yet opened to be pollinated, so they would not need any nectar to attract potential pollinators yet. Due to the nature of the long tubular flower, the most likely pollinators are nectar feeding birds and possums, whose long tongues can reach into the flower and also brush past the pollen.