5. What is pollination? What
are the main forms of
pollination?

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The process in which grains (the
male gametophytes phanerogamic
plants) reach the gametophyte is
called pollination.

main forms of pollination :
anemophily, in which pollen carried
by wind. Hydrophily, helped
by water; entomophily, carried by
insects; ornitophily, by birds;
chiropterophily, pollen by
bats.

Characteristics of flowers of each
plant relate to the type
pollination used by the . Coloured
flowers are specialized bird and insect
attraction; flowers generally
are white perfumed, many
specialized in by bats; the
nectar also a specialization to
pollinator animals; flowers that
an exaggerated amount of often
use the wind pollinator; the position
of more external or internal
to the nectar is way to facilitate
the dissemination respectively by
the or by animals.