Design in Nature: 7 Amazing Flowers

byKatie Bagli

Flowers not only bring a smile to our face and joy to our heart, but they are also plants’ organs of reproduction. They ensure that the all-important process of pollination takes place–the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the flower–so that plants can produce fruits. Fruits contain precious seeds which, when the conditions are right, give rise to new plants.

Cannonball Tree To invite their pollinators, each flower is cleverly devised. Bright colours are one way to attract pollinators like insects and birds. Some flowers even display brilliant patterns and colours in the sun’s ultraviolet light, which we cannot see but their pollinators can. Other