Geranium robustum flower with style

This older Geranium robustum flower is in the stage of female floral parts dominating. The male parts have already presented their pollen and by now more or less departed. The petals are about 2 cm long and 1,2 cm wide at their broadest parts near the tips. The petals no longer overlap.

The slender, wiry style ends in five recurving, red-purple branches with tips pointing down, conspicuous over the flower centre. Below the style the five-carpelled, superior ovary is thick and whitish at its base, purple higher up.

Should the pollen arrive on the purple stigmas up top and continue growing downwards without mishap, fruits will grow from the fertilised ovules. Seeds will result. Another successful production event in nature (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist).