Question

Name the type of flower which favours self-pollination.

Answer 1

• Plants like orchids, peas, sunflowers and Tridax supports self pollination by the following adaptation:

• They are bisexual.

• Most of the self-pollinating plants have small, relatively inconspicuous flowers that shed pollen directly onto the stigma, sometimes even before the bud opens.

• The male and female sexual parts mature at the same time, that is, the pollen is shed at the same time that the stigma becomes receptive.