A bulbous enlargement of the stem in many orchids, especially tropical and epiphytic ones.
〔植〕假鳞茎
Example sentencesExamples
The plants branch sympodially, producing large, flattened, bifoliate pseudobulbs and lateral, solitary flowers on long pedicels, numbering one to six per pseudobulb.
All the species of Xylobium studied have plicate leaves and pseudobulbs round in section, multiflowered inflorescences with rewardless flowers, and Type 1 pollinaria with arcuate viscidia.
Sympodial in nature, which means the plant has connected stems which cease growth after flowering, the dendrobium has pseudobulbs at the base.
Myrmecophila christinae produces one or two pseudobulbs a year, although individuals with > 40 pseudobulbs have been reported.
Microstylis and its relatives, although often growing on the ground, have pseudobulbs (probably indicating epiphytic origins) and thus are really semi-terrestrial.
Definition of pseudobulb in US English:
pseudobulb
nounˈso͞odōˌbəlb
Botany
A bulbous enlargement of the stem in many orchids, especially tropical and epiphytic ones.
〔植〕假鳞茎
Example sentencesExamples
The plants branch sympodially, producing large, flattened, bifoliate pseudobulbs and lateral, solitary flowers on long pedicels, numbering one to six per pseudobulb.
Myrmecophila christinae produces one or two pseudobulbs a year, although individuals with > 40 pseudobulbs have been reported.
Sympodial in nature, which means the plant has connected stems which cease growth after flowering, the dendrobium has pseudobulbs at the base.
Microstylis and its relatives, although often growing on the ground, have pseudobulbs (probably indicating epiphytic origins) and thus are really semi-terrestrial.
All the species of Xylobium studied have plicate leaves and pseudobulbs round in section, multiflowered inflorescences with rewardless flowers, and Type 1 pollinaria with arcuate viscidia.