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 The Torment of a Flower The Torment of a Flower (), also known as Rainy Night Flower, is a Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien (; 1906 - 1944) and written by Chou Tien-wang (). A Taiwanese writer Liau Han-sin (廖漢臣) wrote the lyrics of a children's song ""Spring"" (春天) and gave it to Teng Yu-hsien to ask him to compose for it, it's the earliest version of "The Torment of a Flower." Although Teng is a Hakkan, he usually composed with Taiwanese Hokkien but not Hakkan. It is worth noting that some scholars have questioned this story about