Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • Other Sites
    • OWF Sites
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » GENERA D » Diospyros » Diospyros glabra buds
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,442
Total number of hits on all images: 7,788,758

Diospyros glabra buds

Diospyros glabra buds
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 12 of 44  
Next Next
Image 14 of 44  
  • Diospyros austro-africana var. austro-africana calyx
  • Diospyros austro-africana var. austro-africana fruit from the back
  • Diospyros austro-africana var. austro-africana leaf midrib
  • Diospyros austro-africana var. austro-africana leaves
  • Diospyros austro-africana var. austro-africana silhouette
  • Diospyros dichrophylla
  • Diospyros dichrophylla fruit
  • Diospyros glabra
  • Diospyros glabra buds
  • Diospyros glabra flowers
  • Diospyros glabra retaining leftovers
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. guerkei
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. guerkei leaves
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides at the Naude's Nek Pass
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea
  • Diospyros lycioides subsp. sericea

Image information

Description

The pointed buds of Diospyros glabra have furled corollas protruding from their short, wide calyces like tiny green missiles. Longish peduncles, still stiff at this stage, allow them to point outwards, as if they peer inquisitively at their surroundings. Or at possible targets!

Once they open, the petal lobes recurve in typical fashion while the flowers begin to droop. The style and stamens do not protrude beyond the corolla mouth. Many of the small flowers may be produced near the stem-tips.

The leaves display entire margins and a midrib fold (Coates Palgrave, 2002).

Hits
675
Photographer
Thabo Maphisa
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery