The pollen from the stamen needs to reach the female part of the flower, the 'carpel' – a process called pollination. Pollen can be dispersed by the wind but pollination is usually carried out ...

Ivy: So, what other parts are there in the flower? Posey: Well, I've already told you about the petals, the stamen and the nectaries, but there's also the carpel, the sepals and the receptacle.

In disc flowers, anthers develop fully and form a postgenitally fused structure that covers the carpel. Whorl 4: Gerbera flowers have one pistil made of two joined carpels. The ovary is inferior ...