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When they are mature enough, they drop off and root in any suitable soil beneath. Vegetative reproduction from a stem cutting less than a week old. Some species are more conducive to this means of propagation than others. A bulb of Muscari has reproduced vegetatively underground to make two bulbs, each of which produces a flower stem.
The distance that a plant can move during vegetative reproduction is limited, though some plants can produce ramets from branching rhizomes or stolons that cover a wide area, often in only a few growing seasons. In a sense, this process is not one of reproduction but one of survival and expansion of biomass of the individual.
Close-up of a Schlumbergera flower, showing part of the gynoecium (specifically the stigma and part of the style) and the stamens that surround it. Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction.
You may put out a pumpkin every October and may even use pumpkin to bake, but there’s plenty more to this fruit — yes, it’s a fruit — that’ll shock you.
Parsing down the immense group we generically refer to as pumpkins offers a ton of variety. And they break down into several distinct categories:
Immigrants to North America began using the native pumpkins for carving, which are both readily available and much larger – making them easier to carve than turnips. [50] Not until 1837 does jack-o'-lantern appear as a term for a carved vegetable lantern, [ 52 ] and the carved pumpkin lantern association with Halloween is recorded in 1866.
Pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger each year, and scientists and farmers don't even know how large they can get. You're not imagining it. Pumpkins just keep getting bigger and bigger ...
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