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PLANT TRIVIA II

11) What is a cluster of bananas called?


A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas known as fingers.

12) What is the chief natural pollinator of pineapples?


In the wild, pineapples are pollinated primarily by hummingbirds, although certain wild pineapples are foraged and pollinated at night by bats. Under cultivation, because seed development diminishes fruit quality, pollination is performed by hand, and seeds are retained only for breeding. In Hawaii, where pineapples were cultivated and canned industrially throughout the 20th century, importation of hummingbirds was prohibited.

13) What does the world's tallest flower smell like?


The flower of the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanium) is the largest unbranched flower in the world and can reach up to 15 feet tall. The bloom produces a smell like that of rotting meat, giving it the common name of corpse flower.

14) What is unusual about the cacti Stenocereus eruca?


Stenocereus eruca lies on the ground and grows at one end while the other end slowly dies, allowing it to crawl up to 60 cm a year. This traveling chain of growth gives rise to the name eruca, which means "caterpillar" as well as the common name creeping devil.

15) Which plant produces a fruit that looks like eyeballs?


The most striking feature of white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) is its fruit, a white berry whose size, shape, and black stigma scar give the species its other common name, "doll's eyes".

16) How many seeds does a strawberry have?


The average strawberry has about 200 seeds. It's the only fruit that bears its seeds on the outside.

17) Of the 1750 known species of cacti, how many are native only to the Americas?


Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north--except for one species, Rhipsalis baccifera, which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka.

18) Which plant has a "sting" that can last years?


Gympie Gympie is an Australian shrub that is nicknamed the "Suicide Plant." Its sting has been described as "being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted at the same time." While the initial pain usually lasts from several hours to a few days, it can recur to a lessening degree for several months or even years when the area is touched or exposed to hot or cold water.

19) What is the female part of a plant called?


The "male" or pollen-bearing part is called the stamen, and is composed of the filament and the anther. The "female" or seed-bearing part is called the pistil, and is composed of the ovary, the stigma, and the style. A flower may have exclusively male parts, exclusively female parts, or commonly, both.

20) Which plant has the most chromosomes?


While a human being has 46 chromosomes, some species of ferns have over 1200.

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