Yet, many of the bladderpod observed in open canopy areas in this study had numerous flowering
pedicels and were of considerable size.
Peduncle The stalk of a flower cluster, to which
pedicels attach, or the stalk of a solitary flower.
A corymb, for example, yarrow, has a main stem with
pedicels of unequal length as shown in Figure 9-10.
0.1 mm long, dense and straight, 0.5-0.7 mm long, dense to sparse, lutescent, distributed on the branches, stipules, petiole, leaflets, rachis, bracts,
pedicel, sepals and petals.
Segmental ratios: 1:1.2:3.6:3.0 (scape,
pedicel, postpedicel, style).
Inflorescence, umbel-raceme, 8-10 flowered,
pedicel initially tomentose, become glabrous.
Habitus (Figures 21-22): Head brownish red; compound eyes black, rounded, arranged transversally; vertex smooth, rectangular, with a prominent median carina; ocelli closer to each other than to compound eyes; tylus smooth and rectangular with a prominent median carina; antennae brownish red,
pedicel sparsely setose, basal body of flagellum ovoid with one arista as long as
pedicel; postclypeus brownish red, inflated, angulose in profile, with one longitudinal carina strongly marked and prominent, lateral grooves strongly marked; rostrum extending to mesocoxae.
Pedipalpal trochanter 2.73 (1.23/0.45), femur 5.20 (2.29/0.44), patella 4.30 (2.28/0.53), chela (with
pedicel) 4.75 (3.75/0.79), chela (without
pedicel) 4.24 (3.35/0.79), hand length (without
pedicel) 1.41, movable finger length 1.94 (1.38 times longer than hand without
pedicel).
When detached clusters with ripening and ripe berries were pressurized from the peduncle end, the inward dye movement was restored (which normally ceased around the
pedicel end without pressurization).
Stem browning was determined using a subjective scale (0-4), where 0 is no rachis darkening; 1 represents the onset of darkening of the
pedicel region (to 50% complete) or the rachis apex; 2 indicates darkening of the
pedicel region, from the apex up to 10% of the principal axis of the rachis; 3 represents a total darkening of the
pedicel region and the apex, and 50% of the principal axis of the rachis; and 4 denotes the darkening of the
pedicel, the apex, and more than 50% of the main axis (Pinto et al., 2015).
Caption: FIGURE 6: Distribution of ninety-one fresh-market tomato genotypes based on
pedicel type.