The orchid also has a little finger-like appendage under its stigma, the sticky part that receives pollen during mating. To investigate the appendage’s purpose, researchers observed the flower ...

Makino Tomitaro, a towering figure in Japanese botany, named around 1,000 species ... tiny finger-like appendage (the "dactylus" part) on its stigma, the flower's female organ that receives ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 85-93 (9 pages) The African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata Beauv., offers evidence supporting that of other plants, that the continued ...