ALDecombeix 🌿It's not much taller than me but it's a baby dragon! 🐲🌳 Let's look under the leaves (and spook people passing by in the botanical garden) 🤓 1/3
#treeTuesday #botany #plant
#treeTuesday #botany #plant
Dragon trees (Dracaena) first have an unbranched trunk. After the first flowering the apical part dies and lateral buds form the first branches (sympodial branching). This is what was hidden under the leaves! 2/3
This branching is repeated and gives older individuals a very peculiar shape. Although they don't have wood, dragon trees have a secondary thickening meristem and can become quite large and tall, like this one seen 2 years ago in the Domaine du Rayol gardens. 3/3