As your students explore this greatly enlarged model, they will discover the arrangement of floral components, and the reproductive function of flowers.26 number-coded floral structures are explained in detail in the accompanying 4-page Study Guide.
In fact, because the petals, sepals and stamens are detachable, your students can begin the investigation with the model disassembled, and build the flower as they learn about its parts and their functions - reinforcing the educational experience. Visible near the top of this tube are two sperm nuclei - one of which is destined to unite with the egg to form the embryo - the other will fuse with the polar nuclei to become the endosperm tissue which will nourish the developing embryo. Anatomical Model, Student Flower Model This process of double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.