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Where do we get flowers?
Some people grow flowers in their gardens. Some buy them from the market.
Many people make their living by selling flowers. The people who sell flowers
for all purposes and occasions are called florists.
Florists get the supply of their flowers from people who grow or sell them.
Some flowers are imported from other countries. Such flowers are
expensive than other flowers.
Flowers and Insects
Insects such as butterflies and honeybees are attracted towards
bright-coloured and sweet-scented flowers. They fly around
these flowers as these flowers have sugary nectar. They come
for this nectar. Butterfly
Honeybees use this nectar to make honey.
Honeybees store honey in the cells of their
beehives and cap each cell with wax. Honey is
used to make medicines and cough syrups. Honey
Amazing The Middlemist Red Camellia is the world’s rarest flowering plant.
Facts It has bright pinkish-red petals. There are just two known living
specimens of this flower in the world, found in New Zealand and the
United Kingdom.
Middlemist Red Camellia
Let’s Recall
Most of the plants produce flowers.
Buds are the first stage of a flower.
Flowers have four major parts – sepals, petals, stamen and carpel.
Flowers come in a variety of colours, sizes and scents.
Most of the plants produce flowers only in a particular season.
Some plants produce flowers in all seasons.
Some plants do not produce flowers.
Some trees flower only once a year.
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