Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine

 

Botanical Family Oleacea

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3 – 4

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Microreticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Dark Yellow

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • •

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Forsythia suspensa–Golden Bell

 

Botanical Family Oleaceae

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 27

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Chionanthus virginicus – White Fringetree

Botanical Family Oleaceae

Bloom Time April – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number N/A

Aperture Type Inaperturate

Ornamentation Psilate/Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round 

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

Flower photo is contributed by Mount Cuba