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The Spectacular Scarlet Bean

February 6, 2008 By jennifer

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Plants that flower and fruit from their main stems or woody trunks rather than from new growth and shoots, are described as cauliflorous or cormiflorous; those that flower from the branches are ramiflorous. The Scarlet Bean (Archidendron ramiflorum ssp. Cooper Creek) is a spectacular example of both which is currently in bloom.

The buds appear in clusters about the trunk and branches and open to reveal a stunning cascade of white filaments up to 75 mm long. The flowering is very short-lived, lasting only one day. About eight months later, glabrous fruit develops into a coil, from 80 to 250 mm long, in a discrete shade of green, until turning dramatically red as a prelude to opening. The bright yellow-orange inner tissue reveals distinctive black seeds as an invitation to a diversity of feathered distributors.

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  1. Helen Mahar says

    February 10, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    Every one seems to be speechless with admiration of these fine photos, or of this showy plant, Neil. A plant with an appropriately spectacular name. A name like “red” just wouldn’t cut it for this plant, would it?.

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