Monday, October 27, 2008
Watching Flower Growth : Fuschia
16th November 2008
15th November 2008
14th November 2008
13th November 2008
11th November 2008
10th November 2008
8th November 2008Notice that all the perianths have already fallen off and we can see the blackening of some of the ovaries. Fruiting ?
7th November 2008
6th November 2008
5th November 2008
4th November 2008
2nd November 2008
1st November 20081 perianth left...
29th October 2008
28th October 20082 perianths left...
27th October 2008
25th October 2008
24th October 2008
21st October 20083 perianths still visible...
20th October 20083 perianths left...
20th October 20084 perianths left with bottommost opening...
19th October 20085 perianths visible and leftmost perianth has opened ie expected to drop off tomorrow...
18th October 20086 perianths visible
Watching Flower Growth : Strawberry & Cream
16th November 2008
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1st November 2008
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26th October 2008
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19th October 2008Sunday, October 26, 2008
Anatomy of Inflorescence
The beauty of the heliconia lies in the brightly coloured bracts that are mistakenly called the flowers.
The actual flower is the tiny little flowers that emerge from the large showy bracts. The flower group (called an "inflorescence") is almost always at the end of long, leafy shoots.The stem is either erect or drooping , with respect to the leafy shoot from which it emerges. The inflorescence is made up of the peduncle and modified leaf-like structures known as bracts.
The rachis connects adjacent bracts. Within each bract there is a coil of inconspicuous flowers.
The fruits also develop within the bracts. The bracts are often filled with water and house a distinctive aquatic micro-ecosystem.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Watching Flower Growth : Lady Di
16th November 2008
14th November 2008
13th November 2008
12th November 2008
10th November 2008
9th November 2008.All perianths have dropped off and all we can see is the decaying 3 red bracts and the yellow ovaries.
In the coming days, we can only expect to see fruiting and decaying red bracts.
8th November 2008.Still 1 perianth left...
7th November 2008.As expected, there is 1 perianth left.
6th November.2 perianths left and the topmost starting to open.
We can expect it to drop off by tomorrow.
5th November 2008The rightmost perianth is starting to open and will drop off by tomorrow...
4th November 2008.Another perianth is starting to open...
3rd November 2008.As expected, there only 3 perianths left.
2nd Nov 2008.4 perianths are visible. You should notice that the topmost perianth is glowering and will drop off by tomorrow.
1st November 2008Only 5 perianths left...
31st October 2008Perianths are looking sticky yellow and there are 6 left with the top right opening.
28th October 2008Yes, the perianth actually dropped of yesterday evening .
27th Oct 2008Did you notice the opening of the leftmost petals as it flowers. I expect the perianth to drop off tomorrow, and exposing the ovary.
26th October 2008Moved to LH of balcony.
As expected, one of the perianth has dropeed off.
10 perianths visible
25th November 2008Rightmost perianth starting to open and should drop off by tomorrow.
24th October 20089 perianths clearly visible
21st October 20088 yellow perianths are now visible.
20th October 20086 yellow perianths are now visible.
19th October 2008
4 yellow perianths are now visible and the 3 red bracts are still vertical.
17th October 2008, Starting to monitor flowering process
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