Posted
May 30, 2015
I
live in Southern California, and we have been struggling with
drought, so I probably won't be watering any flowers today. But
hopefully wherever you live, you have plenty of water and can nurture
some beautiful May flowers and go all the way into June with loads of
blooms!
You
probably already know that flowers are a plant's reproductive organs,
right? The beautiful colors, showy petals, sweet scent, and delicious
nectar are all there to lure creatures from flower to flower,
pollinating Flower X with the pollen from Flowers Y and Z, so that
the fertilized flowers can make seeds that will grow into new plants.
Most
flowers, like this hibiscus flower, have “male” parts, like
stamens that create pollen, AND female parts, like the pistil with
ovaries and a stigma.
Some
plants have separate flowers that have only male reproductive organs,
and other flowers that have only female reproductive organs, all on
the same tree or bush. An example is an alder tree.
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| Alder male flowers, above, and fertilized female flowers, below. |
Still
other plants have male flowers only on one bush or tree and female
flowers only on another bush or tree. That is the case with most
holly plants.
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| Holly male flowers, above, and female flowers, below, are found on different plants. |
Do some flower activities:
- Learn more about flower anatomy at Enchanted Learning.
- Do a flower dissection.
- Have fun with flower arranging. In this video, the man didn't water his flowers, he flowered his water!
Here
are some of my favorite flower books:
- Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
- The Legend of the Bluebonnet, by Tomie de Paola
- The Flower Fairy books, by Cicely Mary Barker
And
here are a few of my favorite flowers:
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| Orchids, above, and columbine, below |
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| Iceland poppies, above, and lupine, below |
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| Pansies, above, and California poppies, below |
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| Sunflowers |
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