Pollen cell. In flowering plants the vegetative tube cell produces the pollen tube, and the generative cell divides to form the two sperm cells. Pollen is produced in the microsporangia in the male cone of a conifer or other gymnosperm or in the anthers of an angiosperm flower. Pollen grains come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and surface markings characteristic of the species (see electron micrograph, right). Pollen grains of pines, firs, and spruces are winged. The smallest pollen grain, that of the forget-me-not ("Myosotis" spp.), is around 6 µm (0.006 mm) in diameter. Wind-borne pollen grains can be
The Torment of a Flower a stormy night, pelted to the ground by the rain and wind. All by my lonesome, no one sees my constant grief for the blossom falling into the dirt that has no hope of revival." During the Second World War, the Japanese Imperial Warlord tampered the lyrics of the song and declared that the Taiwanese under their rule love Japan like in the lyrics in the Japanese version of the song. This is a part of the meanings in the Japanese version: "How excited the honorable Japanese soldiers who wear red ribbons." (紅色彩帶，榮譽軍伕，多麼興奮，日本男兒。) The Torment of a Flower The Torment