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spathe (noun) - A large bract or leaf, often found in plants like the peace lily, surrounding a floral cluster
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- A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.
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spathe
Basal spathe often surrounding numerous scapes.
The flowers are produced in a spathe up to long.
The spathe is shed after flowering.
The upper third of the spathe is flushed purple.
The open spathe is usually accompanied by a foul smell.
The flowers appear after each spathe or bract.
The spathe acts to attract pollinators.
Inflorescences are typical aroids with a spathe and spadix.
There is no spathe at flowering time.
Flowers appear one at a time from a green terminal spathe.
There is a closed spathe which is green with red edges.
The water was taken out and the spathe recovered.
The spathe will enlarge to hold the maturing berries.
Inside the egg shaped spathe is divided two chambers.
The spathe is actually a modified leaf rather than a petal.
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There is normally only one spathe at the base of the flowers.
The spathe provides a safe breeding area for the beetles.
Fruits start to develop within the shelter of the spathe tube.
Dark purple spathe of the same length as the veil.
The flowers are produced in a horizontal inflorescence emerging from a stout spathe.
The spathe and spadix are fused together on the flower stalk.
The inflorescence is wrapped with a spathe in one piece falling rather quickly.
The spathe is not constricted and the lower part is persistent in anthesis.
Two leaves at the base of the spathe shrivel and fall off.
The spathe of many crypt species emit a faint but unpleasant odor.
The open flower has two membranous sepals that join to form a spathe.
The spathe is white with purple spots and the spadix has red spots.
It is characterized by its very distinct spadix flower with very bright red spathe.
The spathe opens during the afternoon and during the first night the female flowers bloom.
The inflorescence emerges below the foliage and has a white spathe and spadix.
Titan Arum Clive as the spathe is unfurling on opening night.
The tree is named because of the brown fuzzy tomentum covering the flower spathe.
Spathe bracts are lanceolate, with a single valve.
Dates growers usually harvest the male flowers within a day of when the spathe splits open.
The spathe is hooded or boat-shaped at the top.
Noun South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix.
As the bud grows, the spathe splits longitudinally.
Holochlamys closely resemble Spathiphyllum except that in Holochamys the spathe clasps the spadix.
The spathe is initially green, but as it unfolds becomes coloured.
The flowers are formed in a large compound spadix, enclosed by a spathe.
As the spathe wilts, the female flowers lose receptivity to pollination.
The inflorescence is a scorpioid cyme and it is subtended by a boat-like spathe.
Once the spathe opens, pollination must happen the same day.
The spadix is typically surrounded by a leaf-like curved bract known as a spathe.
The flowers are produced on a spathe enclosed by a dark purple spadix up to 55 cm long.
The most definitive feature of the section is a large, bright red spathe.
It consists of the spathe and the spadix, on which the flowers are situated.
Despite this, the floral structure is still commonly identified in the literature as being a spathe.
It is preferable if the male spathe opens 2 to 4 days earlier than the female spathe.
Inflorescences are generally pale green to white, being lighter within the spathe.
