Project Analysis

Our lab question was to find out if there is a difference between the pollen found in succulents and the pollen found in the common Day Lily. Our hypothesis was that the succulents would show the most similarity because of their similar climate and origin. After completing the SEM work, we found that while the two succulents shared a similar size and texture, the Day Lily and Christmas Cactus had a similar pollen shape (Day Lily was poliplicate, Christmas Cactus was tricolpate). Our Uniprot tree showed that the Day Lily and Christmas Cactus were more closely related then the two succulents.