3. Bougainvillea
S Scientific name: Bougainvillea
S Mode of pollination: Insect
S The plant transform the buds near the flowers to resemble
blossoms, turning petals into a variety of colors. These colorful
blossoms work to attract the bees and aid in the pollination
process.
5. Hibiscus
S Scientific name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
S Mode of pollination: Insect
S The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more
petals, color vary from white to pink, red, orange, purple or
yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad.
S They have beautiful petals that are used to attract
butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. Interestingly, hibiscus nectar
isn't a pollinator's top choice for tasty nectar.
6. Yellow Orchid
You might be able to
see an ant in here if
you look closely,
7. Orchid (Yellow Orchid)
S Scientific name: Orchidaceae
S Mode of pollination: Some orchids mainly or totally rely on self-pollination,
especially in colder regions where pollinators are particularly rare.
S Others pollinate through insects
S They have beautiful petals and sweet scents to attract bees.
S The orchid can also draw pollinators through visual mimicry, imitating insects
including bees and butterflies with the patterns on its petals.
S The slipper orchid lures a prospective pollinator to the edge of its slippery pouch,
and the insect falls in.
9. Ixora
S Scientific name: Ixora coccinea
S Mode of pollination: Insect
S It has sweet nectar that even we, humans cant resist. Many of
my friends have tasted the nectar of ixora and they enjoyed it.
:D
S It also has a sweet fragrant that punctuates the morning air. ( no
wonder they put it there----morning assembly :D)
11. Love Grass
S Scientific name: Eragrostis hypnoides
S Mode of pollination: Wind, mechanism (hooks)
S Can be used as livestock fodder – some of its species have
seeds of high nutrition level
13. Cow Grass???
S Scientific Name :(Axonopus Compressus)
S Wind Dispersed
S Commonly used in Singapore. Because of its availability at low
cost, it is usually used in open spaces.
14. Reflections - FFFF
S During the trail, we were able to identify some of the more
common flowers easily like the ixora. However, we did not
recognise some flowers and we were unable to identify the last
one in our slides which we think could be the cow grass flower.
We also had a “mini-debate” over the method of pollination for
this flower as it was quite small and its structure was tricky to
observe. (FACT) During the trip, we were all very excited at
getting to explore the different plants in the school and studying
the various structures. We also felt confused when were unable to
identify the structure of the plants properly and fail to recognise
some of them. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
(FEELING)
15. Reflections - FFFF
S We have learnt that it is important to observe the plants carefully and
not make assumptions. It was hard to find some small and dull
coloured flowers as they blended in. Also, we thought that a flower
was dispersed by wind although it could have been dispersed by
insects. We could not really see the structure clearly since it was so
small. (FINDING)
S In future, we would be more careful in observation. We will also try
to look think of other factors that could help in our deduction like the
place where the plant is found growing and whether there are insects
nearby (or even in the flower!) (FUTURE)
