Flower Arrangement and Sexuality

Flower Arrangement and Sex

• Flowers can be arranged spirally or in whorls
• Some flowers have more than one set of floral leaves arranged either spirally or in whorls.
• Flowers can be unisexual (either male or female) or bisexual (both male and female parts)
• Neuter flowers have neither male nor female parts
• Flowers with absent calyx and corolla are called nude flowers
• Examples of plants with unisexual flowers include Cucurbita maxima
• Plants that bear only male flowers are called staminate, whereas those bearing only female flowers are called pistillate.
• Examples of unisexual flowers: Compositae family
• Some flowers have both male and female parts, and these are called bisexual flowers.
• Dioecious plants have separate male and female plants
• Monoecious plants have male and female flowers on the same plant
• Polygamous plants have mixture of male, female and bisexual flowers
• Some plants have four sets of floral leaves
• Flowers can be arranged in different ways (e.g. spiral, whorl)
• Flowers may be bisexual or unisexual (pistillate/staminate)
• Flowers may be neuter (no parts) or nude (no calyx or corolla)

Sex of Plants

• The word "Hermes" represents the male sex symbol
• The word "Aphrodite" represents the female sex symbol
• "Aphrodite" stands for the goddess of love
• "Hermes" stands for the Messenger of God