The serrated orange spheres in this image are pollen grains, snug within the anther of a chicory flower. According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor ...

The pollen is on the anther, and the filament supports it. Ivy: Why do insects want to look orange? You look silly. Posey: Insects want to drink the nectar at the bottom of the flower, and they ...

are almost compelled to be the involuntary agents in the transmission of the pollen from the anther to the stigma in a different flower of the same species. In almost all cases, however ...