Digital Flowers

Orchidaceae

16-Pollinia

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Here is a set of pollinia from a member of the Orchidaceae. If you remember from earlier in the semester, the milkweeds [Asclepiadaceae or subfamily Asclepioideae of the Apocynaceae] also have pollinia.

Photo taken by K. R. Robertson and D. L. Nickrent of plants cultivated at the Illinois Natural History Survey.

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