plants – Create a mess

This is a false coloured image of pollen from different plant species taken with a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).

Pollen is a minute mass of microspores that are produced in seed plants. These tiny grains are formed in the anther of a male plant and are subsequently transported via wind, water or insects etc to the pistil of a female plant, where fertilisation occurs.

Pollen grains may be small, but they are mighty.

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