Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma. Plants are stationary/sessile, a fact that is very fundamental but often overlooked. This aspects of plants creates special problems for them:

• Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma. Plants are stationary/sessile, a fact that is very fundamental but often overlooked. This aspects of plants creates special problems for them:

• • Movement of pollen and attraction of vector
  • Specificity--getting the pollen in the right place

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