Dear All, The link Below provides good set of photos of different species of *Dischidia sp*. Lastly thanks to Rashida Ji for uploading one of the most important and interesting example of Myrmecophily .
Photos- http://www.dischidia.com/picture_index.htm Myrmecophily information- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophily Regards Tanay On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Satish Chile <[email protected]> wrote: > Rashida Ji > > Dischidia diphylla. This is one of the ant trees. Asclepiadaceae > Satish > > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:44 AM, rashida atthar < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thought of sharing this very interesting and unusal leaves of >> Dischidia. we had seen the same at Shillong high above on tree trunks and >> could not capture any pics. These are growing in a pot at my friend's place >> at Shahpur, Mah. as seen by us on 28 March '10. >> >> Quoting from Stern " Some leaves of Dischidia, an epiphyte ... from >> tropical Australasia, develop into pouches that become the home of ant >> colonies. The ants carry in soil and add nitrogenous wastes, while moisture >> collects in the leaves through condensation of the water vapor coming from >> the mesophyll through stomata. This creates a good growing medium for roots, >> which develop adventitiously from the same node as the leaf and grow down >> into the soil contained in the urnlike pouch. In other words, this >> extraordinary plant not only reproduces itself by conventional means but >> also, with the aid of ants, provides its own fertilized growing medium and >> flower pots and then produces special roots, which " exploit " the >> situation." >> >> After this any doubts about how intelligent plant are? !! >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> All the post budget analysis and implications Sign up >> now.<http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/budget2010/> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Satish Kumar Chile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
