Talk:Perfect flower

Dubious statements
Tomatos and apples do not have perfect flowers - and I'm pretty sure that roses and lillies (did I spell that right?) don't either - and the "fact" that most plants in North America have perfect flowers is very dubious at best.


 * I'll buy that. Sure, there are lots of familiar plants in the rose family, but "Most" might be overdoing it.  Also, it's a bit strange to call out North America (to some extent, this applies to cultivated plants throughout the temperate world).  Accordingly, I have removed the following text. Kingdon 12:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * , and in fact most common fruit-bearing plants in North America (as they are mostly Rosaceae members) have perfect flowers

Self-pollination
I removed the following statement:


 * A plant with perfect flowers is capable of self-pollination and can reproduce without the presence of another member of its species.

As described on the Pollination or Self-incompatibility in plants pages, whether a plant can fertilize itself has little to do with flower anatomy. Kingdon 04:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)