Resupinate

(Of flowers) upside down, or seemingly so.


Inverted because of a 180 degrees twist in a petiole or pedicel.


(Of fruit body) Lying flat, crus-tlike on substrate with hymenium facing outward, lacking a stem or well-defined cap.


Often in reference to flowers of Orchidaceae in which the lip is lowermost, achieved by twisting or bending of the ovary or the inflorescence being pendent.


 


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