Confuse the man even more, will ya?
Keep your dusty "old botanical glossary" on the bookshelf with the other
antiques where it belongs.

In this case, we are actually referring to the spath and spadix that passes
for the "flower" of an Aroid.


"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
...
In message .com,
" writes
What exactly is the inflorescence?

To quote an old botanical glossary

(1) The disposition of the flowers on the floral axis
(2) less correctly used for the Flower Cluster
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley