Poinsettia Flower Bracts. The actual flowers or cyathium of the poinsettia plant Euphorbia pulcherrima are the clusters of yellow cup-shaped structures that. This flowering plant with its large leaf-shape bracts in colors of red white or pink.
Hidden from view deep within the cyathium is a single very small female flower composed of a pistil and ovary. There is also a species that is used as a cut flower. If the bracts are removed from beneath the cyathia the Poinsettias reproductive structures become easier to see.
Plants should appear full with dark green leaves attached from the colored bracts to almost the base of the plant.
Radiant red bracts and green leaves of a poinsettia flower are. The actual flowers or cyathium of the poinsettia plant Euphorbia pulcherrima are the clusters of yellow cup-shaped structures that. 14052021 Poinsettia flowers are actually made up of the bracts which look like petals and the tiny yellow flowers in the center called cyathia. 09122020 Poinsettias develop flowers and colourful bracts when day length decreases.