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NOTES OF RESEARCH AND STUDYING THE REPRODUCTIVE PART OF THE GRACEFUL SPURGE PLANT ON OCTOBER 13, 2026 by Maria Theresa Caguioa - Tuates
FOLIAGE - vegetation, greenery, leafage. Direct equivalents: leafage, leafGeneral plant cover: Visual/aesthetic forms: greeneryFOLIAGE- just the leaves on the branches.Tree - the whole plant structure The trees foliage turned bright red in OctoberFlower is not a foliage. Flower or blooms reproduction, and creating seeds..Modified foliage called bracts. - change color to look like a flower, they are a structurally still considered part of the plants leaf system.
CYANTHIUM - is a false flower, structured made up of a cup of a fused bracts which houses stripped down miniature flowers in the circle.
For a distance, cyanthium looks like one single flower up close, it is actually a cluster of many microscopic flower living in a tiny cup.
Outer cup is made from bracts or modified leaves. Inside cup there are no leaves only reproductive floral organs.
Inflourences is a flower clusters or a collection of many tiny flower on a single plant. Inflourences is a one stop shop for bees. Inflourences is the giant billboard for bees which they are heavily attracted by the bees.
A BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION BY MARIA THERESA CAGUIOA- TUATES ON A SKETCHBOOK HOTPRESS PAPER, USING A ROSA WATERCOLOR MEDIUM
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