Description
The flower assembly kit can be used to assemble, to illustrate and to compare the different types of flowers and includes almost all forms of flowers which occur in angiosperm plants. It can be of great assistance in individual or group teaching or as a demonstration. The box for storing the 18 flower elements is cut to scale into different compartments and contains 3 two component stands. The description is on the lid.
The flower assembly kit is based on a typical angiosperm flower with four leaf whorls (flower formula: K5 C5 A5 G5). In accordance with this, the compartments in the kit contain 18 flower elements, with a magnification of about 15-fold:
Scope of delivery
Contents:
No.1 Flower base with five sepals for a hypogynous flower (superior ovary),
No.2 Flower base with five sepals for a perigynous flower (central ovary),
No.3 Flower base with five sepals for an epigynous flower (inferior ovary),
No.4-8 Crown leaves,
No.9-13 Stamens, (1 stamen with crosscut anther),
No.14 Syncarp ovary (pistil),
No.15 Syncarp ovary, crosscut ovary, five sections with placentation on the central angle,
No.16 Syncarp ovary, crosscut ovary, one section, with parietal placentation,
No.17 Syncarp ovary, crosscut ovary, one section, with central placentation,
No.18 Apocarp ovary (carpels not connate).