

The stamens with their filaments and anthers (Lilium sp.).

Pollen grains of a Lily. Photomicrograph, prim. magn. 200×.


The top of the pistil from a Lily flower. The golden pollen grain attached among sticky polypoid excrescences is shown in detail. Photomicrograph, prim. magn. 100×.

The style and the pistil of the Rhododendron flower.




Yellow stamens and glassy pistils of the Houseleek flower (Sempervivum sp.).




Pollen grains of a Birch, Horse-chestnut, Gerbera and Euphorbia. Photomicrograph, prim. magn. 200–400×.

Germinating pollen grains in a sweetened water. The pollen tubes containg sperms are growing out from the grain. They will fertilize an egg. Photomicrograph, prim. magn. 200×.



Pollen grains of the Sunflower (Helianthus annuus). Photomicrograph, prim. magn. 200–400×.


Pollen grains of the Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) on a drop of water and in the microscope (photomicrograph, prim. magn. 200 ×). A function of two airbags warmed by a sunshine reminds a hot-air baloon.

Pollen grains attached among hairs of the leg of a honeybee.


