The head pieces should be no more than an inch or so across on any side, with stems no more than an inch or so long.
Zombia antillarum is a small palm which grows in dense, multi-stemmed clumps with stems up to 3 m tall and 5 cm in diameter.
Why? "It's made with stems," Mr. Grant said.
But even the wineglasses -- with stems etched in syncopated rings -- have the Spade quirkiness.
Wood was abundant, with stems and shades clad in veneers like birch and mahogany.
The ginkgo is multibranched, with stems that are differentiated into long shoots and dwarf (spur) shoots.
Place two-thirds of the berries with stems in a 3-quart saucepan with remaining 1/2 cup filtered water.
Climbers and trailers, weeping plants with stems too weak to support themselves, occur in most plant families.
Leaves are the other plant organ that, along with stems, constitutes the shoot of the vascular plant body.
The thin earth of the terraced fields or the clearings in the woods support plants 3m or 4m high with stems as thick as a wrist.
Bill Anastasakis, a florist who lost $100,000 worth of flowers on Sept. 11, was rewarding regular customers with stems from his riotous new stock.
