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Image Title: Male flower of Balanophora fungosa at very high magnification
Image Credit: Sherwin Carlquist
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About the Image

A male flower of Balanophora fungosa at very high magnification. Out of focus are a few of the brown petal-like structures. The white globe consists of the structures bearing pollen, the anthers, which have opened and look like papery scales. With a little imagination, you can see white pollen grains among those scale-like structures.

Return to the Balanophora fungosa page or the Parasitic Plant Index.

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