7th Grade Flowers
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This flower is the Tiger Lily. It grows mostly in Southern California because it likes the sun. Tiger Lilies co-evolve with other Tiger Lilies. The Tiger Lily has a very unique way of pollinating, since it can't move. The Tiger Lily has evolved in the shape it is in today, so that it can have a symbiotic relation ship with a moth. What happens is the Tiger Lily sends out a scent of sweet nectar that attracts the moth. The moth follows the scent back to the flower. Then the moth see nectar guides on the tepals of the flower. The nectar guides tells the moth that the flower has nectar. The moth tries to fly down and drink the nectar, but before it reaches the nectar it hits the pistil of the flower. When the moth hits the pistil, some of the pollen from the flower the moth just visit before goes on to the stigma and will fertilize the ovules, the eggs. After it hits the pistil, the moth hits the stamen. When the moth hits the stamen, some pollen comes off the anther and goes on to the wing and thorax of the moth. After the moth fertilizes the ovules, and take some pollenmen, the moth gets rewarded by getting to drink the sweet nectar. Then the moth goes to another Tiger Lily and does same thing, but this time it has the pollen from the Tiger Lily it just visit it to. That is how the Tiger Lily pollinates.