Once a pollen grain is snagged, which can occur anywhere along an exposed silk, the grain germinates and sends a tube, like a root, down through the silk to fertilize the egg.
Pieķēries kaut kur pie drīksnas pavediena, puteksnis sāk dīgt, izdzenot garu dīgstobru, kas pa šo pavedienu aizsniedzas līdz pat sēklotnei un apaugļo olšūnu.