Stigma
Flower trait
Definition: The upper part of the pistil which receives the pollen. The stigma is often sticky, or covered with fine hairs or grooves, or other anatomical features that help the pollen to adhere.
How it applies to plumeria: Stigma can describe the bloom, inflorescence, fragrance, or flower structure of a plumeria. Flower traits are some of the most useful comparison clues, especially when they are recorded with bloom age, season, sun exposure, and location.
What to look for: Compare mature blooms from several photos when possible. Note the center color, petal shape, petal overlap, color pattern, fragrance, bloom size, and whether the color fades, intensifies, or changes with heat and sun.
Identification note: This term is one clue. A plumeria should be compared using all available traits, photos, source history, and growing context rather than a single characteristic.
- The Moragne Plumeria
- Glossary: PistilPistil: The seed-bearing or "female" reproductive part of a flower. The pistil is composed of the ovary, the style, and the stigma. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.
- Glossary: PollinationPollination: Pollination is the first step in fertilization; the transfer of pollen from anther to a stigma. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.
- Glossary: PollinatorPollinator: An agent such as an insect that transfers pollen from a male anther to a female stigma. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.
- Glossary: Self-pollinationSelf-pollination: Pollination that can occur when the anther and stigma are in the same flower or if the anther and stigma are in different flowers on... Plumeria context is explained on the term page.