WELCOME RASHIDA jI.. HAPPY TO KNOW!!!!! TANAY On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 7:48 PM, rashida atthar <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks Tanay ji, very informative links. > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:22:43 +0530 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:31865] Dischidia-an epiphyte > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > > 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) > > > ------------------------------ > All the post budget analysis and implications Sign up > now.<http://news.in.msn.com/moneyspecial/budget2010/> > -- 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.
