An unusual monopodial plant, having erect slender stems with a few narrow leaves, the orchid Arundina gramini folia is originally from the forests of Asia. |
As a walnut tree ages, the development pattern changes from monopodial to sympodial. |
The main axis of each is a monopodial unbranched rhizome that grows plagiotropically, with little internode elongation, below the soil surface. |
Two plants were monopodial, while one tree possessed a 60-cm-long secondary leader that had developed about 1 m above soil level. |
In some species, variations and gradations between dichotomous and monopodial growth patterns occur. |
The tree with the nest was short with numerous forks and absence of its natural monopodial growth pattern, differing from other Australian pines adjacent to it. |