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Its leaves are lanceolate, margin undulate, apically acuminate. They feature 1 sharp point and are dark green, growing up to 1 m long. Their width is 7–12 cm or wider and they number 20-30. The inflorescence is an umbel with 10-24 flowers, six petaloid tepals, and aromatic. The flower stem is erect, as long as the leaf, and solid.
Stem: The underground portion is variously described as a thick underground stem, i. e., a rhizome or tuber. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] While the literature is confusing as to the exact terminology, generally the Zantedeschia aethiopica - Zantedeschia odorata group (Group I) is considered to have rhizomes and the remaining species tubers. [ 5 ]
It has a hairy stem, simple or branched near the base, where the leaves are essentially located towards the bottom of the plant. The pinwheel, daisy-like inflorescences are 4–6.5 cm in diameter, [ 9 ] vividly colored with red, orange and yellow and is surrounded by 10 to 20 ray florets up to 2 cm; [ 9 ] the ligule has three lobes.
A floral diagram is a graphic representation of the structure of a flower. It shows the number of floral organs, their arrangement and fusion. Different parts of the flower are represented by their respective symbols. Floral diagrams are useful for flower identification or can help in understanding angiosperm evolution.
One of the earliest appearances of the rosette in ancient art is in early fourth millennium BC Egypt. [2] Another early Mediterranean occurrence of the rosette design derives from Minoan Crete; Among other places, the design appears on the Phaistos Disc, recovered from the eponymous archaeological site in southern Crete.
Flower, leaves and bulb of Hippeastrum miniatum. Francisco Manuel Blanco, Flora de Filipinas 1880–1883 Hippeastrum bulb Detail of Hippeastrum flower. Hippeastrum (/ ˌ h ɪ p iː ˈ æ s t r ə m /) [17] is a genus of about 90 species, and over 600 hybrids and cultivars, of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, from Mexico south ...
The fleur-de-lis symbolic origins with French monarchs may stem from the baptismal lily used in the crowning of King Clovis I (r. c. 481–509). [36] The French monarchy may have adopted the fleur-de-lis for its royal coat of arms as a symbol of purity to commemorate the conversion of Clovis I, [ 37 ] and a reminder of the fleur-de-lis ampulla ...