Monday, August 31, 2009

Meristem

Picture 7 - This is a picture of a flower about to bloom. On the sides of the already bloomed flower, two flowers about to bloom are shown. Plants develop by building their bodies outward, creating new parts from special groups of self renewing cells called meristems. As you can see, the two new blooming flowers and jutting out of the already bloomed flower in their effort to grow and develop.

Picture 8 - In this picture is another flower about to bloom. In the center is the flower I'm talking about. This picture was taken in a nearby park. First, the plant grows through early cell division, tissue formation, seed formation, and then meristematic development and morphogenesis. The leaves of the flower have grown and the flower is trying to bloom.

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