viscin

plant anatomy

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orchids

  • epiphytic orchid
    In orchid: Characteristic morphological features

    …a clear, sticky substance (viscin) in masses called pollinia. Two basic kinds of pollinia exist: one has soft, mealy packets bound together to a viscin core by viscin threads and is called sectile; the other kind ranges from soft, mealy pollinia, through more compact masses, to hard, waxlike pollinia;…

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