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Old 10-13-2009, 09:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Re: Is it common to see cathaphlys growing before flowering?
Cataphyll is just a scale leaf, whose function is to protect vegetative or floral growing tips (meristems). Floral cataphylls can be termed hypsophylls or bracts, or bracteoles. Usually the first leaf on a shoot has a cataphyll that is called a prophyll. I love Botaneese.
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