Is it a scape or inflorescence?

Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347368

By DesertPat -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:43 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:43 pm #347368

Help me out here smart people. What is the difference between a scape and an inflorescence? I can't make heads or tails of it, I've never studied botany before.

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Re: Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347369

By Shadowtski -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:52 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:52 pm #347369

I might be wrong but I think a scape is the flower stalk and the inflorescence is the flower buds and flowers.

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Re: Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347370

By Artchic528 -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:53 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 6:53 pm #347370

^ What Mike said.

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Re: Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347372

By DragonsEye -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:26 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:26 pm #347372

Good Q. Unfortunately there is no truly solid answer. Truth be told, the definition of "scape" is really rather murky. Different sources may give you different answers.

The one Mike gave you will suffice. Some sources will count the scape as part of the inflorescence, while others do not. Then to complicate matters further for you, there is also the term "spike" which is particularly common in the orchid hobby.

While this is likely far more info than you really wanted to know, there is a site which gets into the different types/classes of inflorescence here >>> http://www.biologydiscussion.com/botany ... tany/20048

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Re: Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347375

By DesertPat -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:40 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:40 pm #347375

Thanks for the replies. I'm just trying to make sense of how to properly refer to the flower stalks of (mainly) Drosera and Dioneae, so I suppose in light of what everyone has said, one would refer to the entire thing as a scape?

Patrick

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Re: Is it a scape or inflorescence?#347377

By DragonsEye -  Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:34 pm
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- Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:34 pm #347377

DesertPat wrote:Thanks for the replies. I'm just trying to make sense of how to properly refer to the flower stalks of (mainly) Drosera and Dioneae, so I suppose in light of what everyone has said, one would refer to the entire thing as a scape?

Patrick

As far as proper terminology goes, I believe you would refer to the "entire thing" as an "inflorescence."
The "scape" is the "naked"/leafless/flowerless long section of the stalk between the main body of the plant and the area in which the flowers are located.

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