Doryanthes palmeri
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Doryanthes palmeri is a plant
of the genus
Doryanthes
. It grows in a rosette
and the leaves can reach the length of about three meters (10 feet). The flowers arise in springtime on a stalk which may reach 5 metres (18 feet) height.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
of the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Doryanthes
Doryanthes
Doryanthes is a plant genus of the species Doryanthes excelsa and Doryanthes palmeri and native to the coast of Eastern Australia.These plants grow in a rosette form. It takes more than 10 years for them to get flowers...
. It grows in a rosette
Rosette (botany)
In botany, a rosette is a circular arrangement of leaves, with all the leaves at a single height.Though rosettes usually sit near the soil, their structure is an example of a modified stem.-Function:...
and the leaves can reach the length of about three meters (10 feet). The flowers arise in springtime on a stalk which may reach 5 metres (18 feet) height.