Amanda K. Neill

The New York Botanical Garden

Figure 11

Female inflorescences of Gurania insolita take different forms, depending on the age of the stem that produced them. Old leafless woody stems produce cauliflorous inflorescences, with tightly-packed flowers, on a short peduncle. The photo on the right shows a longer, more flexible inflorescence that was produced by a young leafy stem. These inflorescences have leafy bracts with a red tint. The fruits in this species have bold white stripes and spots.

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Photos by John Janovec