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Parts of Amaryllis

kdjoergensen
18 years ago

The below show the various parts of an amaryllis reproductive parts which are the pistil and the stamen.

The pistil consist of the style (with pollen tube inside). It is attached to the ovaries at one end, and at the tip you will find the stigma, which is the 3 legged tripod looking thing.

The stamen consist of several strings of filament which has anthers at the ends. Anthers are the small soft pods which old the pollen.

Enjoy the pictures

Whole Flower

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Reproductive Parts

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The Stigma

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The Stamen

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Anther on filament

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Anther with pollen

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Comments (9)

  • chefmichel
    18 years ago

    Beautiful pictures, thank you for sharing them with us.
    Keep up the good work.
    Ciao, Michel, Belgium.

  • mrbrownthumb
    18 years ago

    Thanks for posting that, it's very informative. I remember when mine started flowering and I couldn't remember which parts were which from biology class.

  • BettyN
    18 years ago

    Stunning photographs! I guess it's time to add a magnifying glass to my garden tool kit. Thanks for the post...

    BettyN

  • mariava7
    18 years ago

    I love your camera....lol!

  • kdjoergensen
    Original Author
    18 years ago

    The problem when taking macro photography is the loss of dept of field.

    Take the 3rd picture above (stigma) for example.

    Although the stigma (tip of the long style) is no more than 1/8" wide, the back part of the "tripod" is in focus. The two front parts of the stigma are out of focus (blurred) because the camera at such extreme magnification can not produce a very long dept of field.

    Dept of field is the range within which the object in focus is sharp. E.g. if you take a photography of a landscape, the flowers in front may be in focus, but the trees in the background, although visible, may be out of focus (slightly blurred).

    The closer you go to objects (macro photography) the smaller the "dept of field" becomes. At such magnifications as above, the dept of field is less than 1/16".

    When taking pictures of more items (like the 3 parts of the stigma above), items which are just 1/10" away from each other may be difficult to keep sharp. You then have to choose which one should be sharp and accept that the rest is blurred.

  • larryryo
    18 years ago

    Hi, kdjoergensen
    Thanks a lot. I learn very much from your explanations.
    What is your camera lenses you used to take that macro photography? What is your digital camera used?

  • kdjoergensen
    Original Author
    18 years ago

    The camera I used for the above pictures is a Canon S2 camera. The pictures were taken at full zoom (432 mm at 35 mm equivillant) using a 6x hoya macro lens/filter.

  • soultan
    16 years ago

    Not too long ago, someone asked the forum of the parts of the flower. Just take a look at the starting post of this thread. Beautiful and self explanatory. Enjoy and learn (apply what fits you).

  • jodik_gw
    16 years ago

    The close-ups of the pollen are very interesting... it's strange that so close up the grouped pollen particles look like little yellow sponges!

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