Most flora need help getting their flowers fertilise to produce viable seeds , and they depend on bee or other worm for this important line of work . When pollen and ambrosia - loving insects move from one flower to another , pollen collects on their bodies . Then pollen is transferred from the male part of one flower to the female part of another flower and fertilization occurs . Some plant , including some vegetable plants , are ego - cross-pollinate , meaning the flowers have not only male parts , but female parts that are receptive to pollen from the same plant . ego - pollinate plants do not ask insect assist for pollenation , although you may see a variety of pollen eating insects in and around the flowers when they are in bloom .

Lima Beans

Lima beans produce a perfect heyday that has both male and centripetal female portion and can be pollinated by wind motion . Lima bean flower raise lots of nectar that attracts bees and wasp , however . This often causes ego - pollination between bean mintage unless the plant are caged so insects can not have memory access to the flowers .

Lettuce

Lettuce produces a tall blossom spike that allows pollen to return from one flower to another to ensure fecundation . Also , there are structure similar to leaves that form at the bottom of the flower ear that gather pollen then curl inwards toward the prime ear so the pollen has contact with the flowers .

Tomatoes

tomato are consider ego - pollenate because they can pollenate themselves by simply allowing the pollen to come or drift from the flowers on each plant to other flowers on the same flora . However , the appendage works much better if there is some agitation provided by the idle words or something else that cause some works movement . That is why many greenhouse operations have a scheme set up that taps or vibrates the tomato plants and help the flowers release pollen so all the blooms on the plants are fertilized .

English Peas

English pea are ego pollinating as the light pollen moves well within the peak ’s manlike and distaff parts and to the other flowers on the vine . Since English Peas are a cool conditions crop , there are not many pollinators available to pollenate the plant , so self - pollination is an of import characteristic for the selection of English Peas .

Southern Peas

southerly pea include but are not limited to smuggled - eyed peas , field peas , crowder peas and emollient peas . They are grown in the Southern U.S. during the summertime develop time of year . Like Lima beans , the efflorescence are adequate to of ego - pollenation and dome , or seed pods , can be produced without the help of pollinators . Unless the flora are isolated or covered , wing pollinator such as bee and wasp visit the flowers and spread the pollen to similar plant life species creating interbreeding - pollenation of the coinage .

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