The spathe is still clinging to the spadix, but it looks slightly more bulbous and cabbagelike than it did yesterday. |
Four of the five bracts that enclose and protect the plant's spathe and spadix now have fallen. |
In the male zone, the mature spadix is lined with longitudinal resiniferous canals located at the base of the stamens. |
Showing in succession female flowers, male flowers, and sterile flowers forming a ring of hairs borne on the spadix. |
The relatively long rostrum, as represented by the orbitonasal length, is nearest to that of spadix. |
The perfect bloom was not expected because visitors had hurled stones at the flower, bruising the spadix. |