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Orchids of Brazil. Taxonomy
... up to 60 cm long and 0.4 cm in diameter. Flower bracts tightened to the pedicels, triangular, up to 0.3 cm long. ... their maximum elevation on the front lobe, the 2 external ones extending almost into half of the front lobe where they end ... 2 external ones extending barely into the front lobe where they disappear after becoming progressively lower, the 2 internal ones extending further into the ...
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Inflorescence Terminology (Part 2)
... are attractive to insect pollinators. In some species the glands are subtended by petal-like bracts (petaloid appendages). Poinsettias typically have only one greenish gland per cyathium and no petaloid appendages ... or gynoecium (female flower) with a large ovary on a long stalk. B: Petaloid appendage extending from the rim of cyathium. C. Oval gland at the base of a petaloid appendage ...
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Names Of Wildflowers
... a very interesting growth form consisting of a central ascending flower stalk with radiating branches extending in all directions along the ground. At the end of the spring flowering season, ... the Colorado Desert. The tubular, white flowers spotted with purple are enclosed in showy, overlapping bracts. Owl's clover (Castilleja densiflora ssp. gracilis), formerly placed in the genus Orthocarpus. The ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Bindweed, Greater - Herb Profile and Information
... long and penetrating in a dense mass that exhausts the soil, and its twining stems extending in masses over all other plants near, and strangling them to a still greater degree ... the largest which this country produces. The calyx is entirely hidden by the two large bracts that enclose it, and which completely hide the flower while in bud, a feature that ...
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Bromeliads
... inflorescence is frequently made up of brilliantly colored bracts borne below each flower. Bracts may be separated, large and leaf-like or ... spikes. Usually, the bright bracts remain on the inflorescence while fruit matures. The combination of highly colored bracts and often contrasting ... -inch long and some species have long wax filaments extending from the rear of the body. They damage bromeliads by ...
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Canary Islands Glossary
... sometimes they have the appearance of fruits e.g. pineapple, blackberry. Involucre = Whorl of bracts surrounding inflorescence. Involute = Rolled inwards at margins. Lacinia = Indentation or long and narrow ... , but which in this region have perfectly adapted themselvess. Neo-tropical = Phytogeographical region extending from Mexico to most part of South America, up to 400 South latitude. Nitrate ...
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International Carnivous Plant Society
... glands along its length and extending to the pedicels, bracts, and calyx; the basal 8-10mm with scattered white hairs similar to those on the abaxial leaf surface. Bracts subulate, to 4mm long ...
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CPN Samples
... glands along its length and extending to the pedicels, bracts, and calyx; the basal 8-10mm with scattered white hairs similar to those on the abaxial leaf surface. Bracts subulate, to 4mm long ...
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VT Forestry I.D. Cards - red maple
... small and inconspicuous tight cluster, but surrounded by 4 very showy, large, white (occasionally pink) bracts, 2 inches in diameter, appearing in mid-spring. Fruit:A shiny, oval red drupe, 1 ... blue-green both above and below, 2 to 3 inches long, blunt at the tip, extending at right angles from the twig, often curving upwards. A citrus smell is present when ...
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... the flower stems can result in damage to the crown. Roots extending from the crown supply nutrients and water for growth of ... the floret, the first group of components are the large coloured bracts that give the flowers their attractive appearance. These are sepals or ... . The sepal at the top of the floret has a tube extending backwards behind the flower. This characteristic spur, which gives buds the ...
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