The Story of the Seed

In this picture both the anthers and stigma are visble. This type of oraganism with both female AND male parts are classified as both a perfect flower, since they don't need to travel anywhere in order for the two parts to meet each other, unlike some flowers where they aren't on the same flower. This is the male reproductive part of the flower, which is called the stamen. The stamen includes two specific parts, the filament  which is the 'stem' as seen below, and the anther, which allows the pollen to reside. The pollen contains the male cells, sperm, which will, in the future, allow the flower to produce even more seeds. The female reproductive part of the flower is called the carpel. The carpel contains two parts as well, just like the male reproductive part. The first is the stalk-like part, the 'style' and then the second, is the 'stigma'. The stigma has a sticky residue which allows the pollen to stick to it. Although no