Question

What happens in a flower after it has been fertilized with pollen? (SC.4.L.16.1)

Answer 1

From the anther the pollen grains are first deposited on the pistil's surface, the stigma. There they germinate and form pollen tubes, which grow downward through the style toward the ovules. Fertilization occurs as a sperm cell in a pollen tube fuses with the egg cell of an ovule, resulting in a plant embryo.