DEFINITIONS/CRINUM ANATOMY
Campanulate - Bell shaped.Glaucous - Having a waxy or powdery appearance.
Grex - A Latinized name for a group of similiar plants hybridized from the same two species plants.
Distichous - Arranged in two opposing rows.
Complete - A flower containing both male and female reproductive parts.
Bulb Parts
Bulb - .Scales - .
Tunic - Thin membraneous or fiberous dried scales on the exterior of a bulb.
Basal plate - .
Roots - .
Female reproductive organs
Pistils - Female reproductive organs consisting of style, stigma, and ovary.Style - Elongated stalk connecting the stigma to the ovary.
Stigma - Located atop the style, the stigma is the organ adapted to receive the pollen.
Ovary - Enlarged part of the pistil containing the female genetics.
Male reproductive organs
Stamens - Male reproductive organs consisting of filament, anther, and pollen.Filament - Thin projection which attaches the anther to the flower.
Anther - Appendage at the top of the filament containin the cells that develop pollen.
Versatile - Filament is attached at or near the center of the anther.
Pollen - Powdery layer of fine cells, that contains the male genetics of the flower.