Give five features of water pollinated flowers.

Plants that are water-pollinated usually have small, inconspicuous male flowers that release lots of pollen grains that drift in the water where they are caught by the large, feathery stigmas of female flowers.

Pollen can also float on the water’s surface drifting until it contacts flowers. This is called surface hydrophily and is relatively rare. This water-aided pollination occurs in waterweeds and pondweeds. In a very few cases, pollen travels underwater.

The five features of water-pollinated flowers are:

1. They produce a large number of pollens because most of them get lost by the flow of water.

2. The stigmas are large and feathery to catch the pollens.

3. The male flowers after maturation get detached from the plant and float above the water surface.

4. The stalks of the pollinated flowers are usually very long to project their stigmas above the water surface.

5. No animal transporters are needed for pollination.