A typical dull-coloured male Dactylanthus flower cluster just opening and showing off a mass of minute male flowers heavy with white pollen and surrounded by greyish "petals". These flower clusters, or inflorescences, are the only part of the plant that emerges above the ground.
JOHN BARRAN/NZFRI
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Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 26
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46A typical dull-coloured male Dactylanthus flower cluster just opening and showing off a mass of minute male flowers heavy with white pollen and surrounded by greyish "petals". These flower clusters, or inflorescences, are the only part of the plant that emerges above the ground. JOHN BARRAN/NZFRI Forest and Bird, Issue 267, 1 February 1993, Page 26
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