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. 2013 Nov 14;8(11):e79996. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079996

Figure 1. Blooming modes and morphology in LYH and HN throughout the year 2011.

Figure 1

These analyses were performed through SEM. LYH: (A) Flowers on 1 May. (B) Lateral buds on 4 July. (C) Lateral buds on 2 September. (D) Dormant apical and lateral buds on 11 November. (E) Leaf primordia were formed on the flanks of the flat and narrow SAM of a bud in May. (F) The meristem enlarged, and bract primordia became visible in July. (G) The SAM became hollow, and pistal primordia arose in September. (H) All of the floral primordia were formed in November. HN: (I) Flowers on 20 May. (J) Outgrowth of annual terminal buds on 9 June. (K) Rapid floral initiation of lateral buds on 2 July. (L) Reblooming on 15 August. (M) Lateral buds without sprouting on 5 September. (N) Dormancy buds on 26 November. (O) Leaf primordia arose in the SAM in May. (P) Bract primordia arose from the floral meristem of outgrowth buds in early July. (Q) Pistal primordia arose from the SAM of the outgrowth buds in late July. (R) Bract primordia were rising from the enlarged SAM in non-sprouting buds in August. (S) Sepal primordia arose in the non-sprouting buds in September. (T) Most floral primordia were formed in November. SAM: shoot apical meristem; L: leaf primordia; B: bract primordia; FM: floral meristem; SP: sepal primordia; P: petal primordia; S: stamen primordia; G: pistil primordia. Bar  =  50 µm.