"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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Thanks PvR
You confirmedwhat I thought - I was advised badly

Gramma
Gramma schreef
Just dropping in to ask for a couple of definitions regarding botanical
terms. If some kind soul would have a look at the following site
and taking the drawings as a,b,c,d, from the left and tell me what these
'parts' should be called I would be extremely grateful.

http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs21&d=05121&f=Botanica.jpg

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There are lots of parts here ...
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For instance I have been advised to call a : Inflorescence

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That would be wrong
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I always thought this meant the flowering part of a plant.
Could this be used to describe the central column [stamen? stigma?] prior
to the stage where anthers were swollen with pollen, if the petals were
removed?

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No, it couldn't
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c. I have been advised to call this a Bud

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It is hard to tell from the picture what exactly this is
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- again I thought this was the pre flowering stage - relating to a young
flower. I have been advised to use this to describe what I would call
immature fruit ,[the stage before the seeds are fully formed and the
capsule is ready to open]

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An immature fruit is not a bud.
PvR