Flower dissection

We've been learning about plants in biology, and this week's lab assignment involved dissecting a flower.  I couldn't find many flowers in the wild, so I went to Johnson's Floral and asked if they had any old flowers they were throwing away that we could use for dissection. She said they didn't have any old ones, but she generously gave me a lily, a tulip, and a carnation and wished me happy dissecting!

 Shadow almost started the dissection without us!

 All the cats were very interested in licking the flowers and would have eaten them if I hadn't rescued them.

 First he peeled off the sepals and petals, then pulled off the stamens and cut open the pistils.  It's all very fascinating!

 post-dissection

Noah will have to wait till later to fill out his lab report, because Shadow is standing on it.