{"id":9866,"date":"2017-03-18T03:49:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2017-03-10T10:11:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T10:11:15","slug":"flower-parts-and-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/flower-parts-and-functions\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower Parts and Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/img099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9867\" title=\"Flower Botany\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/img099.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/img099.jpg 833w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/img099-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Petals<\/strong><br \/>\nThe most attractive part of most flowers. Colour often attracts insects to aid pollination. A whorl of petals is called a <strong>Corolla<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Sepal<\/strong><br \/>\nIn buds the sepals enclose and protect other parts of the flower. As the flower opens the green sepals curl away or fall. Several sepals together form the <strong>Calyx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Petals and sepals together form the <strong>Perianth<\/strong>. In tulips and some other flowers the petals and sepals are not separate and they are called <strong>Tepals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 Anther<\/strong><br \/>\nThe anther carries the male pollen. Anthers are supported by 4 the <strong>Filament <\/strong>that together with anthers make up the <strong>Stamen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5 Stigma<\/strong> receives the pollen and is generally at the top of the <strong>6 Style<\/strong>. The style connects to the <strong>7 ovary<\/strong> and these parts collectively are called the<strong> Pistil <\/strong>or female organs. The ovary is where the seeds develop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 Receptacle<\/strong> is the fatter part that supports the flower above the stalk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9 Pedicel<\/strong> is the stalk or stem of an individual flower. With a group of flowers on one stem or inflorescence this is named a <strong>Peduncle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Poppy Bud by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3855864335\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3458\/3855864335_802c442eab.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy Bud\" width=\"345\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a bit of botany can go a long way for gardeners but it is good to know the basics.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Petals stamen and pistils\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5051451251\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4087\/5051451251_25db22ef90.jpg\" alt=\"Gladioli\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Staimen &amp; pistils on Alstromeria by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4453062783\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2686\/4453062783_a3f7530a0a.jpg\" alt=\"Staimen &amp; pistils on Alstromeria\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source RHS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Petals The most attractive part of most flowers. Colour often attracts insects to aid pollination. A whorl of petals is called a Corolla 2 Sepal In buds the sepals enclose and protect other parts of the flower. As the flower opens the green sepals curl away or fall. Several sepals together form the Calyx Petals and sepals together form the Perianth. In tulips and some other flowers the petals and sepals are not separate and they are called Tepals&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/flower-parts-and-functions\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}