7th Grade Flowers
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The Viola Pansy
My flower, the Viola Pansy, is inside the Violaceae family. This family houses long lasting herbs and shrubs including pansies, violas, and violets. This family is generally found in swampy woods, bogs, and wet meadows. The conditions that these plants like to thrive in are full sun, partial shade, moist areas, and plant in rich soil that is "well drained." Planting in late fall is best, although they are usually planted in the fall. Planting in fall, allows the plant to grow root systems in the winter, so blooming will be good in the spring. There is still a risk of the plant's survival, therefore you should feed it well and it will ward off the cold. The growth of pansies are six to nine inches. The pansy is pollinated by insects, or more specifically the honey bee. Like all flowers, pansies have a pollinating strategy to attract their pollinator and spread their pollen. First, the bee is attracted to the colors and sweet smell. Next, the bee is lead to the nectar by the nectar guides, or markings on the petals. When it is traveling to the nectary, it brushes up against the stigma, pollinating it with the pollen it may be carrying. When it is time to leave and there is no more nectar juice, the bee touches the spurs on the anthers as it is departing. When this happens, the anthers shower their pollen onto the bee's back, knowing the bee will visit another pansy plant. As you have ascertained, this relationship is described as co evolutionary. In other words, the evolution of one organism effects the other. furthermore, without each other these two organisms would die, or in other words, their species would become extinct. Lastly, there are some economic uses for this flower. The Violaceae flowers are used for perfumes and flavorings. If you were wondering, the difference between Violas and Pansies, is their root systems. The pansies have single root systems and the violas have multi root systems.
Olivia R.