Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Week 3 - Chamaedorea linearis


Time in: 8:30am
Time out: 10am

Collected in Peru, Jujin in the Satipo Province. 31 March 1984

"Tree, 3m tall, 5cm DBH; bark smooth; 5 extrafoliar, pendant inflorescences; fruit matures red with orange pulp; cs 30 cm, green, ca. 6 leaves, 1.7 m long and ca. 23 leaflets each side"


Terms of the week:

Decumbent: A trailing plant that has rising stems. (Source)

"Pendent infloresences": A budding of flowers that is hanging downward. (Source)

"Inflorescence infrafoliar": A budding of flowers that is positioned underneath the leaves. (Source)

No comments:

Post a Comment