Shot this a long time ago and left it sitting on my rig.reshot last night..are the spheres pollen or something else?
POLLEN?
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I agree with Rik. The second image is pollen on dried up flower stigmas. It looks like mallow family, maybe hollyhock? The first image I can't place at all. It's plant for sure, as Rik says; the fluffy balls could be stigmas I suppose, but they are distinctly odd. With a bit of imagination, there's maybe pollen sticking to them in places. Knowing the magnification would help.
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This is most definitely some variety of hibiscus. The first image depicts the stigma, and the second image shows individual pollen grains attached to the anthers. This genus is known for having a distinctive and prominent reproductive part, with relatively large pollen grains. Here are examples at varying magnifications.
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