subject: Send Flowers To Delhi India [print this page] Flowers have other non-tangible benefitsFlowers have other non-tangible benefits. A 2001 Rutgers study linked the presence of flowers with a decrease in depression in seniors. Flowering plants or angiosperms are a widely diverse group of plants, with over 250,000 species worldwide. This process is called cross-pollination. In this edition of The Naturalist's Apprentice, we will investigate some of the different flower petal (corolla) arrangements by trying to match descriptions with flower drawings. The arrangement of petals on a flower helps botanists identify a plant and also attracts insects to the flower to help the plant move pollen to other plants of the same species. This process is called cross-pollination. Read the flower descriptions in column 1 and find the flower type in column 2 that is closest to the description. Most people probably take up their fascination with wild flowers by identifing them from pictures and photographs and there is nothing wrong with this - 'one picture says a 1000 words.A flower is the reproductive of an angiosperm plant. There is an enormous variety of flowers, but all have some charactistics in common. Two sharp tipped and fat bodied leaves stuck off the stem. One was attached near the head of the flower. The other connected in the middle of the stem. Both leaves were etched down the center with a long groove. From the groove, other smaller lines extended to the edges of the leaves, simulating veins. Man has always been fascinated by flowers. The fossil record shows that Neanderthals used flowers in burial rites. During the middle Ages, flowers were used in politics and ritual. The Victorian era placed high value on them, with the wearing of flowers equated with being well-dressed.Flowers, through reproduction, provide seeds and food, which is perhaps their most important function. Some flowers, such as mullein with its anti-inflammatory properties, have medicinal uses.
Flowers have other non-tangible benefits. A 2001 Rutgers study linked the presence of flowers with a decrease in depression in seniors. Flowering plants or angiosperms are a widely diverse group of plants, with over 250,000 species worldwide. This process is called cross-pollination. In this edition of The Naturalist's Apprentice, we will investigate some of the different flower petal (corolla) arrangements by trying to match descriptions with flower drawings. The arrangement of petals on a flower helps botanists identify a plant and also attracts insects to the flower to help the plant move pollen to other plants of the same species.
This process is called cross-pollination. Read the flower descriptions in column 1 and find the flower type in column 2 that is closest to the description. Most people probably take up their fascination with wild flowers by identifing them from pictures and photographs and there is nothing wrong with this - 'one picture says a 1000 words. But soon you may wish to learn more about particular plants and plants in general and this is where the descriptions given in most reference books come in useful.
