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  2. Raceme - Wikipedia

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    The inflorescence of a Phalaenopsis orchid is a typical raceme. A raceme (/ r eɪ ˈ s iː m, r ə-/) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the shoot grows in ...

  3. Inflorescence - Wikipedia

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    A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate (having short floral stalks) flowers along the axis. A spike is a type of raceme with flowers that do not have a pedicel. A racemose corymb is an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence that is flat-topped or convex due to their outer pedicels which are progressively longer ...

  4. List of largest inflorescences - Wikipedia

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    Largest complex inflorescence (The major framework is one sort of inflorescence such as a panicle or raceme, but the subunits are not individual flowers, but some completely different sort of inflorescence such as a fig; which is a syconium.) [citation needed] Ficus uncinata ; Moraceae [13] Malay Peninsula and Borneo [13]

  5. Indeterminate growth - Wikipedia

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    In reference to an inflorescence (a shoot specialised for bearing flowers, and bearing no leaves other than bracts), an indeterminate type (such as a raceme) is one in which the first flowers to develop and open are from the buds at the base, followed progressively by buds nearer to the growing tip. The growth of the shoot is not impeded by the ...

  6. Glossary of botanical terms - Wikipedia

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    Composed of several parts, e.g. a leaf composed of multiple leaflet s, a gynoecium composed of multiple carpel s, or an inflorescence made up of multiple smaller inflorescences. compound palmate Having leaflet s that radiate from a central point (usually at the top of a petiole), like spread-out fingers radiating from the palm of a hand ...

  7. Maianthemum dilatatum - Wikipedia

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    The inflorescence is an erect raceme with star-shaped white flowers. They each have four tepals and four stamens. After fertilization the fruit produced is a berry 6 millimeters in diameter. The berry is speckled red when immature and solid red when ripe. Each has 1 to 4 seeds. The leaf is green and shaped like a tear drop.

  8. Rhynchostylis retusa - Wikipedia

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    [needs update] The inflorescence is a pendant raceme, consisting of more than 100 pink-spotted white flowers. The plant has a short, stout, creeping stem carrying up to 12, curved, fleshy, deeply channeled, keeled, retuse apically leaves and blooms on an axillary pendant to 60 cm (24 in) long, racemose, densely flowered, cylindrical ...

  9. Agave attenuata - Wikipedia

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    The inflorescence is a dense raceme 2.5 to 3 meters (8.2 to 9.8 ft) high (usually curved), with greenish-yellow flowers, developing after many years. [7] As with other Agave species, the species is monocarpic , meaning that, rather than sending flowers out from the side of its stem and continuing living (like the succulent genera Crassula or ...