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Any idea what this part of the flower is?

#1 Post by LeonhardEuler » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:39 am

The purple flower was found in Mid Michigan Area. The Part I am looking at identifying is the clear tubular protrusions coming out of 2 pedals on either side, I have included some pictures below to show what I'm referring to.

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#2 Post by Greg Howald » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:56 am

Stamin? Are those very small particles pollen?

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#3 Post by dtsh » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:11 am

That looks to be an orchid, if so the structure is a tad different than the typical flower. Sorry I dont know the name of the structure though.

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#4 Post by LeonhardEuler » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:22 am

Greg Howald wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:56 am
Stamin? Are those very small particles pollen?
Possibly it is Pollen. I messed around in the center of the flower and a bunch of stuff fell out. I took some pictures below, I think it is Pollen though. You will have to forgive me I am somewhat new to understanding Plants

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#5 Post by Greg Howald » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:59 am

That is definitely pollen! And the protrusions have to be the stamin. That is the male organ of the plant. The ovum is down the center of the flower. The bees will love you for having such a lovely flower.
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#6 Post by Greg Howald » Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:05 am

The flower is indeed an orchid but don't ask me to name it. There are Way too many orchids for me to identify which one it is.
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#7 Post by dtsh » Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:18 am

Greg Howald wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:05 am
The flower is indeed an orchid but don't ask me to name it. There are Way too many orchids for me to identify which one it is.
Greg
C'mon, there's only like 25 or 30 thousand species of orchid, shouldn't take too long to memorize them all.

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#8 Post by mrsonchus » Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:20 am

Hi, not even certain it's an orchid - have any parts of the flower's interior been broken away? The pollen is certain though. The protrusions look a lot like 'hairs' as they don't seem to have any elaborated structure to hold 'pollinia' - bundles of pollen as presented by orchids rather than discrete pollen-grains...

Just guessing here from the teeny bit of knowledge I have of plant structure - interesting to see a complete flower.
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#9 Post by LeonhardEuler » Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:58 pm

Greg Howald wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:05 am
The flower is indeed an orchid but don't ask me to name it. There are Way too many orchids for me to identify which one it is.
Greg
I think the flower is a Viola odorata

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#10 Post by Greg Howald » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:43 pm

Good pssibility. It sure is pretty.
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#11 Post by Rylander » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:47 pm

Hi, it's not an orchid, but a violet, it could be Viola odorata, due to the rounded sepals, it's the small green leaves in the first photo. One can see stigma, style and ovary and the stamens are removed. What you are asking about is a kind of hair, which is probably part of the pollination, to catch pollen on the bee.

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#12 Post by Roldorf » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:55 pm

Yes It's a violet, In fact a wood violet. If you are into plants and wanting to identify them this is a good website, also available as an app for Android and iOS.

https://identify.plantnet.org/

https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant ... Rchb./data
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#13 Post by Justinelis82 » Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:09 pm

LeonhardEuler wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:39 am
The purple flower was found in Mid Michigan Area. The Part I am looking at identifying is the clear tubular protrusions coming out of 2 pedals on either side, I have included some pictures below to show what I'm referring to.

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Area I am referring to
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Hi, I recently discovered Whatistheplant for identifying plants with better accuracy.

I hope this helps for your readers.

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#14 Post by mrsonchus » Thu Aug 12, 2021 9:24 pm

They look like trichomes to me, with a purpose of course, but I think trichomes, non-glandular by the look of things....
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#15 Post by linuxusr » Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:07 pm

Regardless of what these items are, gorgeous photographs! A joy to behold.
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