Re: Aroid Parts department

**K* M* <v*@comcast.net>**

I believe they're called cataphylls.  At least that's what they're 
called when the leaf is coming up; I'm not sure if they use the same 
word when the inflorescence is emerging.
-Ken

Nathan Lange wrote:
> Perhaps some kind of involucre.  Maybe with the addition of a term 
> referring to its location, like "hypogeal involucre."
>
> Nathan
>
>
> At 08:25 AM 7/31/2008, you wrote:
>   
>> Our titan arum bloomed and someone asked me what the botanical name 
>> is for the "bracts" that unfold and lay on the ground as the spathe 
>> pushes up. If it was truly one flower they would be sepals but it 
>> subtends and inflorescence. So is there a technical term for these 
>> few "bracts"? Any help appreciated.
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