My fourth entry for Today’s Flower is just one of the species of the large genus Anthurium that belongs to the Arum family.
Anthurium is also called as “Flamingo Flower” or “Boy Flower” because of its structure. It grows in many forms it can be bushy or climbing epiphytes (epiphytes are plants that grow upon another plant or trees).
Anthuriums flowers are hermaphrodite, containing male and female flowers about 3mm small crowded in a spike called spandix the outer portion is called spathe a modified bract that is leathery in texture. Others have mistaken the “spathe” as the flower but it is not, the flowers are solely found on the “spandix”.
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Hej january
ReplyDeleteI dont know if I wrote here, before, but in Brazilian Novel...had a man that died and came back to his lovers....and they knew that he came back when they found that flower...
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great shot, dear
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Very pretty flower and you captured it well.
ReplyDeleteHi, tanx for adding me and pretty flower!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Anthurium picture!!
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Gisela
Very informative, Jan...and nice shot!
ReplyDeleteHello Miss Iligan! Glad to find someone from there. Do you know Arlene?
ReplyDeleteIligan has been one of our residential places back home as we're all over the place.
Anyway, you are more scientific than I do, which is a shame because I used to study plants in my Botany and Pharmacology.
Thanks for the visit.
Your anthuriums are colourful! They really are beautiful!
I love anthurium! Following your blog now dearest..
ReplyDeleteHere's my first TF entry. Hope you can come by!
Anthurium is one flower which are hard to grow AND very expensive.
ReplyDeleteNice photo.
Thank you all for your comments!
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I love it...Hope to hear from you soon.
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