A plant that goes dormant in winter and begins growth in spring from above-ground stems. Related Images:
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Shoot Meristem
The apex of a shoot where cells actively divide to provide more cells that will expand and develop into the tissues and organs of the plant. Also called apical meristem. Related Images:
Sunburn
Winter or summer injury to the trunk of a woody plant caused by hot sun and fluctuating temperatures. Typically, sunscalded bark splits and separates from the trunk. Related Images:
Woundwood – Callus
After wounding, callus forms, woundwood is a tough, woody tissue full of lignin that grows behind callus When woundwood closes wounds, then normal wood continues to form. Related Images:
Plumeria Tree
The plumeria is more appropriately considered a tree. In the tropics it can grow to heights over thirty feet. A mature plumeria has very strong hardwood and can be safely climbed by the average person so long as the limbs are at least three inches in diameter.
Flower
Plumeria flowers have five petals, although flowers with four, six, seven or more petals are not uncommon.
Receptacle
The Receptacle is the generally enlarged top of the footstalk, which supports the other parts of the flower. Some “fruits” are enlarged receptacles rather than ovaries. Related Images:
Oblanceolate
Obanceolate leaves are significantly longer than wide and widest above the middle, gradually widening toward the apex. Oblanceolate (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Katie Moragne has Obanceolate leaves. Related Images:
Texture
The surface of a flower or leaf, esp as perceived by the sense of touch. The distinctive physical composition structure of a flower of leaf, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangement of its parts. Related Images:
Filament
The Filament is usually narrow and often threadlike part of the stamen which supports the pollen-bearing anther. Related Images: