Quote Originally Posted by qdavid
You know what, the males have stamens, not stigmata, unless they\'re like religious or something. I\'m going to shut up now, I\'m tired.
LOL! Yup, the stigma is the actual little white hairs, which are protruding from the pistils (the entire flowering bud). They are actually what receive the pollen when pollenating for seeds. I can be a stickler when it comes to referencing specifics sometimes! You\'re right though, simplification is best...I\'ll now refer to them as white hairs, and red hairs! Oh, and you\'re also right about \'stigmata\' being religious. Supposedly, it\'s a phenomena where a person mysteriously develops the wounds of Christ...but many times is actually just the person harming themselves in order to get attention. Kinda sad.