Wings Of Life: The Beauty Of Pollination/Fertilization... "After Their KInd"

              Plant or human
"Whose seed is in itself, after his kind"

"And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good." Gen. 1:11-12.

God did a similar thing in the creation of animals and finally in humanity, those created in His own image and likeness... us.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over (it)...." Gen.1:27-28.

As you read about the beauty and purity of plant pollination, below, keep in mind that human "pollination" between the like species of man and woman... that fertilization is also supposed to be beautiful and pure; according to God's intention that it be between husband and wife partners only.
Not the result of illicit and promiscuous, fleeting relationships based on sinful lust with no life commitment to each other. We are not plants or animals but created in the "image and likeness" of God. Even so, the resulting human flower, if there be one, of an illicit relationship, is not at fault, but is a precious and eternal soul.... to be loved and tenderly cared for. RB

Wings Of Life: 
From USDA Forest Service


Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma. The goal of every living organism, including plants, is to create offspring for the next generation. One of the ways that plants can produce offspring is by making seeds. Seeds contain the genetic information to produce a new plant. 

Flowers are the tools that plants use to make their seeds. The basic parts of the flower are shown in the diagram below. 

Seeds can only be produced when pollen is transferred between flowers of the same species. A species is defined .... 'population of individuals capable of interbreeding freely with one another', but because of geographic, reproductive, or other barriers, they do not interbreed with members of other species.  

How does pollen get from one flower get from one flower to another? Flowers must rely on vectors to move pollen. These vectors can include the wind, water, birds, insects, butterflies, bats, and other animals that visit flowers. We call animals or insects that transfer pollen from plant to plant “pollinators”. 

Pollination is usually the unintended consequence of an animal’s activity on a flower. The pollinator is often eating or collecting pollen for its protein and other nutritional characteristics or it is sipping nectar from the flower when pollen grains attach themselves to the animal’s body. When the animal visits another flower for the same reason, pollen can fall off onto the flower’s stigma and may result in the successful reproduction of the flower. 

Pollen from the anthers of Flower 1 is deposited on the stigma of Flower 2. 0nce on the stigma, pollen may “germinate,” which means that a “pollen tube” forms on the sticky surface of the stigma and grows down into the ovule of the plant. 

This growth can result in successful fertilization of the flower and the growth of seeds and fruit; or, A plant can be only partially fertilized, in which the fruit and/or seeds do not fully develop; or, The plant can completely fail to be pollinated, and may not reproduce at all. 

Plants can be: Self-pollinating - the plant can fertilize itself; or, Cross-pollinating - the plant needs a vector (a pollinator or the wind) to get the pollen to another flower of the same species. 

See The Beauty Of Pollination ...
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