Flower+Power+Pollination


 * Practical 9: Living Systems BIOL1002 - Sex, rewards and pollination**


 * Group Members:** Angela**,** Jana, Jenny, Madison & Tiffany.



(Source: http://www.caes.uga.edu/publications/pubDetail.cfm?pk_id=7732)

//Rhododendron// is the genus that azaleas come from. Azaleas are part of the heath family (Ericaceae) and this also includes other plants such as heaths and heathers, blueberries, mountain laurels and other ornamental plant groups. They are mainly found in environments in which acidic soil (about pH 5.5) and good drainage are present.
 * Introduction**

(Source:http://www.rhododendron.org/classification.htm) Plant species:Rhododendron Species Plant family: Ericaceae Common name: Azaleas Distribution: Western China, Australasia, Eastern and Northern America, Europe, Japan Source:http://www.cuyamaca.net/ccbs/asandps/rhododendronspecies1.asp Seed: Pods Height: 5-6ft. Flowers: Dark Pink, 2cm Petals height; Other colours: white, purple, red, pink, orange, bicolour
 * Structure of Azalea**

(Source: http://www.caes.uga.edu/applications/publications/files/html/B670/images/B670-1.jpg)

**Azalea's anther, yellow section is the pollen.** There was not much pollen in the Azalea's anther. Through observation we made the judgement that the pollen was the yellow part of the anther.




 * Azalea's carpel**



It was interesting to see that the pollen of the Azalea was heart-shaped. Through this, we were able to examine that not all flowers share the same pollen shape even if they do come from the same genus & family. Different flowers have different shapes of pollen. Pollen x 10 magnification objective
 * Pollen morphology**

Pollen x40 magnification objective



__Flower structure measurements__ - we found that for each measurement we could not calculate how much nectar was in each flower because there was not much pollen present.
 * Flower || Anther + Filament || Carpel || Nectar ||  ||
 * 1 || 20mm || 10mm || n/a ||
 * 2 || 23mm || 9mm || n/a ||
 * 3 || 30mm || 10mm || n/a ||
 * 4 || 25mm || 11mm || n/a ||
 * 5 || 20mm || 7mm || n/a ||
 * Average || 23.6 || 9.4mm || n/a ||
 * Standard deviation || 4.159327mm || 1.516575mm || n/a ||  ||   ||   ||