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... part of the true flowers. They surround clusters of small, greenish, cup-shaped structures called cyathia. Each cyathium is actually a flower cluster or inflorescence containing unisexual, apetalous male and ... : Bright red modified leaves (A) surround a central cluster of greenish-yellow flower clusters called cyathia. Right: Each cup-shaped cyathium (B) contains a cluster of red stamens (D) which ...
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Inflorescence Terminology (Part 2)
... part of the true flowers. They surround clusters of small, greenish, cup-shaped structures called cyathia. Each cyathium is actually a flower cluster or inflorescence containing unisexual, apetalous male and ... : Bright red modified leaves (A) surround a central cluster of greenish-yellow flower clusters called cyathia. Right: Each cup-shaped cyathium (B) contains a cluster of red stamens (D) which ...
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Re- Flowering Your Poinsettia - Welcome to the Denver Plants eZine
... insignificant cluster in the center of the bract is the flower. This flower cluster is called the Cyathia. During March the bracts may start to dry out and fall off. Don't ...
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The History of the Poinsettia
... is the inflorescence which is made up of bracts and cyathia. The bracts are the colored (red, white, pink, or bicolor), ... a taxonomic sense, modified leaves. In the middle of the inflorescence are cyathia that look like small, green balls or cups. Inside each ... sap of poinsettias. This substance is called latex and is made by the plant in special cells called laticifers. (Originally published as "A ...
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CSSA Newsletters #14
... female flowers in their cyathia. Others are bisexual and have some cyathia with both one female and many male flowers. However, often these same plants also have some cyathia with only male flowers. A commonly encountered cluster of three cyathia with a mixed sexual orientation is called ...
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Poinsettia Facts
... poinsettia Cuetlaxochitl. They made a reddish purple dye from the bracts. Chile and Peru called the poinsettia the "Crown of the Andes." Poinsettias are part of the Euphorbiaceae family. Many ... , the more expensive the plant. The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the center of the colorful bracts. Poinsettias have been called the lobster flower and flame leaf flower. Poinsettias ...
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