Bletilla striata
Taxonomy: Angiospermae, Asparagales, Orchidaceae, Bletilla
Published: 2016-11-07
Pollen Description
Shape, Size and Aperture
pollen unit: tetrad, dispersal unit and peculiarities: pollinium, size (pollen unit): medium-sized (26-50 µm), size of hydrated pollen (LM): -, shortest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, longest polar axis in equatorial view (LM): -, shortest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, longest diameter in equatorial or polar view (LM): -, pollen class: tetrad, polarity: heteropolar, P/E-ratio: -, shape: irregular, outline in polar view: irregular, dominant orientation (LM): -, P/E-ratio (dry pollen): -, shape (dry pollen): irregular, outline in polar view (dry pollen): irregular, infoldings (dry pollen): irregularly infolded, aperture number: 1, aperture type: ulcus, aperture condition: ulcerate, aperture peculiarities: -
Ornamentation and Structure
LM ornamentation LM: -, nexine: -, sexine: -, SEM ornamentation SEM: psilate, perforate, suprasculpture SEM: -, TEM tectum: -, infratectum: -, foot layer: -, endexine: -, intine: -, wall peculiarities: -, supratectal element: -
Miscellaneous
pollen coatings: -, reserves in cytoplasm: -, cell number: -, Ubisch bodies: -
Annotations: tetrads forming pollinia, aperture indistinct, or no visible aperture; ornamentation psilate and perforate, inner tetrads with incomplete reticulum
Author(s) of diagnosis: Halbritter, Heidemarie
Pictures
1. flower(s)
2. flower(s)
3. pollinium
4. pollinium
5. hydrated tetrads (forming pollinium)
6. hydrated tetrads (forming pollinium)
7. exine surface
8. exine surface
9. exine surface (inner tetrad)
Picture legend
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- flower(s), photographer: Buchner, R.
- pollinium - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- pollinium - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrads (forming pollinium) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- hydrated tetrads (forming pollinium) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
- exine surface (inner tetrad) - fresh, rehydrated (water) & critical point dried & sputter coated with gold, photographer: Halbritter, H.
Literature
Copyright and Citation
Cite this publication as:
Halbritter H., Buchner R. 2016. Bletilla striata. In: PalDat - A palynological database. https://www.paldat.org/pub/Bletilla_striata/301980;jsessionid=8F8FE140EA59818EB812E919C8402B1C; accessed 2024-04-19