Did you know that pollen grains come in different colors?!
I think of pollen as shades of yellow, but that isn’t always the case, as we found out with our Valentine’s Day tulips last month.
The white tulips contained yellow pollen grains:
These pink tulips, however, have PURPLE pollen grains:
How cool is that?! Homeschooling 101 around here.
Curious about other pollen colors? This nifty chart on Wikipedia lists a wide variety of pollen colors, as does the beautiful pollen guide by the Bristol Beekeepers.
So much for thinking that pollen was only yellow! My college botany professor would be so disappointed in me.