• Question: Can pollen be different colours other than yellow or orange?

    Asked by anon-358216 to Rosa, Nikolai, ilma, Alison on 30 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Alison Tidy

      Alison Tidy answered on 30 Mar 2023:

      The pollen coat is made up of sporopollenin which gives it a yellow or orange colour. Each plant species has a slightly different composition of pollen coat components which can affect the colour and pattern. I personally have seen white and red pollen, but pink, blues, blacks and greens are also found in nature. Raspberry I believe is a green colour.

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