spathe
A sheathing bract or pair of bracts partly enclosing an inflorescence and especially a spadix on the same axis.
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IN the palm world, the spathe is the large, usually woody bract coveringt the palm's inflorescence (or from where the infloresence emerges). This is also called the spadix, and is basically a synonym for it.
Spathe: A modified leaf or bract enclosing a flower spike.
Species: Part of the plant classification system. This is used to describe closely related plants. See also genus and family.
Spit: The depth of one spade's blade.
SPATHE -- A large bract, sometimes highly colored, surrounding or enclosing a spadix. The spathe flower is characteristic of the aroids, such as Anthurium and Spathiphyllum.
Spathe A large hood-like bract enclosing flowers.
Spatulate Spoon shaped.
Speciation the evolutionary process of a wild population becoming a new distinct species.
spathe A large bract enclosing a spandix.
species The basic unit of plant or animal classification. Plants within a individual species have several characteristics in common.
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The silver-green spathe of Italian arum (Arum italicum) appears in late spring enveloping a short, yellow spadix. Photo © Karlheinz Knoch
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(L. spadix, a palm branch) a racemose inflorescence with elongated axis, sessile flowers, and an enveloping spathe; a succulent spike; a fleshy spike of flowers, usually enclosed in a spathe.spathaceous search for term- a.
In botanical terms, the 'pulpit' is a spathe and the 'Jack' is a flower-bearing spadix. The spathe is often striped purple and green. Tiny flowers on the spadix may be male, female, or some of each.
The eye-catching Flamingo Flower, Anthurium (hybrid) has various colours and sizes of spathes, from pale pink through to dark red. They need a well-lit area to make them flower. In the north they can be grown out doors.
Shortly after spathe withers a dense cluster of green berries appears. Cluster slowly expands, turns orange, then scarlet red.
This calla lily has a yellow spathe which surrounds an ebony colored throat. There are very unique hybrids available. 'Cameo' is a rich salmon color, 'Solfatare' has buttery yellow spathes, and 'Pink Persuasion' has delicate pink blooms.
The flowers of the flamingo lily are composed of a yellow spike known as a spadix sticking straight up from a large, waxy red bract or modified leaf known as a spathe (typically about six inches in diameter).
Its spathe, the petal-like outer covering, is velvety maroon in its interior while its exterior is a lime green. At the peak of its growth, it can grow up to 6 inches a day. It is actually a cluster of flowers called an inflorescence.
The flowers have two distinct parts: a spathe, and a spadix. The spathe is petal-like and forms an upright "hood." The spadix is an erect, fleshy spike that is partially enclosed by the spadix.
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Bring a tropical feel to your dining or living room with flamingo lily or spathe flower (Anthurium sp.).
But the real excitement is the flower, consisting of a petal-shaped spathe, generally orange-red in color (less commonly in shades of salmon, rose, white or white with pink spots), and the curly spadix rising in front of it, ...
The glossy, dark green leaves are offset by white spathes or bracts that enclosing the tiny flower clusters and look almost like variegated leaves. I've heard claims that the flowers are lightly scented, but I can't say I've noticed.
The Hawaiian flowers have the right colors to choose from-red, white or pink spathes of color, which can last for months. Some people use them as a green houseplant after bloom, since it is difficult to re-bloom them.
Flower: Greenish white spathes.
Growing Advice: Must have well-drained soil, or it will rot.
Prize Picks: Offset the green expanse of your heavy shade garden with Pink Beauty.
Its glossy green leaves are veined with white, and stalks of bright orange berries emerge from pale cream spathes. Lords and ladies at its best in a sunny, sheltered site with well-drained soil, where it can grow to 12 inches tall and 6 inches wide.
o Spadix - type of spike; a fleshy axis bearing the sessile, generally fleshy flowers close together, commonly surrounded and partially enclosed by a spathe . Examples are Zantedeschia aethiopica (calla) and Anthurium spp. (anthurium).
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