{"id":1793,"date":"2013-04-07T11:09:26","date_gmt":"2013-04-07T03:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2013-04-12T20:28:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:28:35","slug":"flowering-kike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/07\/flowering-kike\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowering Kike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130406-044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1756\" alt=\"20130406 044\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130406-044-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130406-044-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/20130406-044.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Some of the the kikuyu has thrown out long white filaments and I have only just noticed that there are little seeds on the ends of the stems. \u00a0The botanical name for Kikuyu is Pennisetum clandestinum and this flowering is a fairly clandestine operation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/Pennisetum_clandestinum.htm\" target=\"_blank\">official description<\/a> \u00a0says <em>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#inflorescence\">Inflorescence<\/a>\u00a0reduced to a cluster of 2\u20134 very shortly stalked spikelets, almost enclosed in the uppermost leaf sheath.\u00a0 Spikelets 10\u201320 mm long, narrow, comprising 2 florets, the lower one sterile, the upper one\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#bisexual\">bisexual<\/a>\u00a0or functionally male or female;\u00a0 3 stamens, on slender filaments to 50 mm long, with anthers 5\u20137 mm long;\u00a0 single\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#stigma\">stigma<\/a>\u00a0to 30 mm long, occasionally bifid. <\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/201301412-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1812\" alt=\"201301412 002\" src=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/201301412-002-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/201301412-002-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/201301412-002.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Caryopses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#ovoid\">ovoid<\/a>, dark brown, about 2.5 mm long and 1.5 mm broad, pointed with persistent short\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#style\">style<\/a>.\u00a0Can flower in any month in the absence of frost, with a peak in autumn and spring.\u00a0 Flowering is stimulated by regular mowing or heavy grazing.\u00a0 In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#bisexual\">bisexual<\/a>\u00a0spikelets, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tropicalforages.info\/key\/Forages\/Media\/Html\/glossary.htm#stigma\">stigma<\/a>\u00a0emerges 1\u20133 days before the stamens of the same flower, encouraging outcrossing.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the the kikuyu has thrown out long white filaments and I have only just noticed that 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