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From: vorlonken at comcast.net (Ken Mosher) on 2008.08.03 at 13:42:09(18322)
I believe they're called cataphylls. At least that's what they're
called when the leaf is coming up; I'm not sure if they use the same
word when the inflorescence is emerging.
-Ken
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Nathan Lange wrote:
> Perhaps some kind of involucre. Maybe with the addition of a term
> referring to its location, like "hypogeal involucre."
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> Nathan
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> At 08:25 AM 7/31/2008, you wrote:
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>> Our titan arum bloomed and someone asked me what the botanical name
>> is for the "bracts" that unfold and lay on the ground as the spathe
>> pushes up. If it was truly one flower they would be sepals but it
>> subtends and inflorescence. So is there a technical term for these
>> few "bracts"? Any help appreciated.
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