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caudicle

plant anatomy

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orchids

  • Cymbidium
    In orchid: Floral structure

    …advanced orchids in which the caudicles of the pollinia are already attached to the rostellum and a portion of it comes off as a sticky pad called a viscidium. In the most advanced genera a strap of nonsticky tissue from the column connects the pollinia to the viscidium. This band…

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