Spathes Sentence Examples

A genus much represented is Culcasia, and swampy localities are thickly set with the giant Cyrtosperma arum, with flower spathes that are blotched with deep purple.

The membranous spathes have been cut and drawn aside, revealing the spike of fruit which bears the long silky styles.

When the spadix is compound or branching, as in palms, there are smaller spathes, surrounding separate parts of the inflorescence.

Bog Arum (Calla) - C. palustris is a small, hardy, trailing Arum, with white spathes.