Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower

Authors

Abbie O'Hern Weeks, University of South Florida

Publication Year

2010

Abstract

Pollination is an essential part of the life cycle of flowering plants. We perform an experiment to determine how long a canary tree flower is accessible to pollinating insects so that fertilization can take place. We conducted an observational study where we measured the size of the same flower and charted its growth each day. With the observational data we constructed a scatter plot and from the graph we fit a cubic function to the data. We conclude that in the lifespan of a canary tree flower, pollination begins at 5 1/2 days and ends approximately 9 days later.

Erratum

This article was previously called Article 17.

Recommended Citation

O'Hern Weeks, Abbie (2010) "Pollination of a Canary Tree Flower," Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two: Vol. 3: Iss. 1, Article 5.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/2326-3652.3.1.17
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol3/iss1/17

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