Happy Red Pistil is a photograph by Gary Keesler which was uploaded on September 23rd, 2015.
Happy Red Pistil
Happy Red Pistil - Red Anthurium a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family. ... more
by Gary Keesler
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Happy Red Pistil
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Gary Keesler
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Photograph - Triptypch Digital Art Photography
Description
Happy Red Pistil - Red Anthurium a genus of about 1000 species of flowering plants, the largest genus of the arum family.
The reproductive structure of angiosperms, characteristically having either specialized male or female organs or both male and female organs, such as stamens and a pistil, enclosed in an outer envelope of petals and sepals.
(Botany) the reproductive structure of angiosperm plants, consisting normally of stamens and carpels surrounded by petals and sepals all borne on the receptacle (one or more of these structures may be absent). In some plants it is conspicuous and brightly coloured and attracts insects or other animals for pollination.
If this image caught your eye there's a good to great reason since the complexity is so apparent and obvious most of us would confuse the female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style, and ovary getting it backwards.
General common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower and laceleaf.
Anthurium is a genus of herbs often growing as epiphytes on other plants. Some are terrestrial. The leaves are often clustered and are variable in shape.
The inflorescence bears small flowers which are perfect, containing male and female structures.
The flowers are contained in dense spirals on the spadix. The spadix is often elongated into a spike shape, but it can be globe-shaped or club-shaped. Beneath the spadix is the spathe, a type of bract.
This is variable in shape, as well, but it is lance-shaped in many species. It may extend out flat or in a curve.
Sometimes it covers the spadix like a hood. The fruits develop from the flowers on the spadix. They are juicy berries varying in color, usually containing two seeds.
Species such as titan arum and the dead horse arum give off a very pungent smell, often resembling a rotten animal, to attract flies to pollinate the plant.
The heat produced by the plant helps to convey the scent further.
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