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The Cycad Pages
... Cycad Pages The Cycad Pages Ecology and Conservation Cycad plants are long-lived and slow-growing, with slow recruitment and population turnover. The fleshy and starch-rich stems are highly ... Contractile roots are present in all cycads, particularly in juvenile plants. These draw the sensitive growing apex of seedlings below the soil surface, affording protection against drought and the fires that ...
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The Cycad Pages
... dichotomous (by equal division of the growing apex) or adventitious (arising from undifferentiated cortical tissues). Leaves are spirally arranged in crowns on the stem apex, pinnate (bipinnate in Bowenia), and ... in all cycads (above), particularly in juvenile plants. These serve to draw the sensitive growing apex of seedlings below the soil surface, affording protection from the drought and fires ...
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Cycad Society SA: Encephalartos ferox
... Branching of the trunk is uncommon and usually occurs only when the growing apex becomes physically damaged. In mature plants the trunk reaches 25cm to 35cm ... on each margin and 3 to 5 spiny lobes at the apex. E. ferox usually bears 1-3 cones but on older specimens ... and water, consistent with its conditions in habitat. One of the fastest growing of all cycads, it can cone within 12 years from the ...
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Orchids, orchid growing information, orchid care and orchid pictures - Bribie Island Orchid Society
... Columbia. The plants have clustered pseudobulbs that are conspicuous, compressed, two leaved at the apex & with sheathing leaves around the base. The inflorescence reaches 60 cms long. The plants ... ! Within the family of Vandas are Ascocendas, Rhychostylis………………& many hybrids between them Happy Vanda growing. Many thanks to Sarah Knight. On the grapevine Many happy returns & birthday wishes to ...
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Orchids, orchid growing information, orchid care and orchid pictures - Bribie Island Orchid Society
... inflorescences of burnt orange antelope type flowers. Our plant has been growing for years all through a bottle brush tree. The orchid ... Dendrobiums just love the trees. Tom & Gwenda have a Frangapanni with Cattleyas growing on it everywhere. The most commonly grown orchid in the ... lawn” by C S Lindsten. Bits & Pieces Acuminate. Referring to an apex (leaf, sepal, etc) which tapers to a fine point. ...
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Orchids, orchid growing information, orchid care and orchid pictures - Bribie Island Orchid Society
... of October 2000 we saw some Cym. canaliculatum in flower growing on trees beside the railway line. Description : This orchid is ... lobe which is slender in the rear, becoming wider at the apex. This genus probably has 40 or more species which are distributed ... Calanthe rhodochila of which Schlechter reports that he always found it growing epipyhtically on the stems & stilt roots of Pandanus trees. The ...
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Get Growing Gardening Tips - Lupins
... | What's New | Special Services | The Green Zone | Education Programs | Research | Collections | AFHE Links | GET GROWING GARDENING TIPS Brought to you by Dr. Michael Hickman, Associate Director, Devonian Botanic Garden ' ... keel (the lower two united petals) is sickle-shaped and with a beak-like apex. Within each individual flower are 10 monadelphous stamens (stamens united by their filaments into ...
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Get Growing Gardening Tips - Growing Tomatoes
... All About Tomatoes | Introduction & Origins | The genus Lycopersicon | World Production of tomatoes | Tips for growing tomatoes | Uses for the Tomato | Favourite | ‘Old gardeners never die, they just spade away’ - ... becoming decumbent ( refers to a stem that lies horizontally along the ground with the apex ascending and almost erect), branched, aromatic and covered with glandular hairs. The base can ...
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Get Growing Gardening Tips -The Genus Lychnis - Devonian Botanic Garden
... & Do | Special Events | Special Services | Green Zone | Know Zone | Research | Collections | AFHE Links | GET GROWING GARDENING TIPS Brought to you by Dr. Michael Hickman, Associate Director, Devonian Botanic Garden ... spathulate (i.e., essentially oblong but attenuated at the base and rounded at the apex) leaves. Plants bear 5-petalled flowers in tubular calyces (sing. calyx - a collective term ...
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apex, apexes, apical
... | Forum | Plants, Trees and Shrubs | Glossary | Email this page Web SunnyGardens.com apex apexes, apical Definition: Tip or growing point of an organ. Glossary Index: A B C D E F G ...
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