Flower Growth Stages
Flowers are the sexual reproductive organs of a plant. The purpose of a flower is to mix the genetic material from one, two, or more parents creating a more diverse population. Seed bearing fruit is a result of this process. Does this Spark an idea?
Other People Are Reading
-
Bud
-
The terminal bud, or point of growth on a plant starts to develop a flower bud instead of vegetative growth. This bud slowly swells with an undeveloped flower inside.
Flowering
-
When the bud reaches maximum size it opens up and the flower uncurls from inside until it opens in full and the petals harden to the outside air.
-
- Business Plan Writing
Don't spend months writing your own business plan. We do your hard work
www.optimusbusinessplans.com/
- Business Plan Writing
Pollination
-
When pollen from the flower, comes in contact with the stigma, it fertilizes the ovules in the ovary of the flower which later become seeds.
Desiccation
-
After pollination, the flower dies and dries up and falls off, but sometimes remains completely or partially attached to the end of the ovary.
Seed Development
-
As the seeds develop the ovary swells producing a fruit. When the fruit ripens it harvested or dries up and disperses the seeds.
-
