... beautiful flower ... not yet lucky to get to it. Regards. Dinesh
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:18 PM, ushadi Micromini <microminipho...@gmail.com>wrote: > Satish ji: thorns are for storing water. I have noticed some of the > sheemul trees which usually are supposed to have thorns... do not have them > ... may e be they are watered regularly and do not need these storage > tanks... trees have brains that are used instantly in time... not just > natural selection as Darwin proposed... but I suspect just like humans.. > animals and plants make intelligent choices... and learn to adapt in their > own lifetimes and pass on the knowledge gained in genes and some other > vibrational modality.... > > Life science are soooo interesting.. > > yes add them here when you find your picture of Delhi trees, would love to > see them.. > > Usha di > > ======= > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Wow beautiful flowers. >> It is also called as Delhi Sawar probably because many trees have been >> planted in Delhi long time back. >> I had not observed that thorny bark before(My laziness) >> Adding some of my photographs from Pune.Sorry can't find on my comp. >> Dr Phadke >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:53 PM, ushadi Micromini < >> microminipho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Malvaceae week 952011-9112011 UD 021 Chorisia speciosa Xeriscape tree >>> >>> Dear All: >>> >>> >>> Family: Malvaceae >>> >>> Subfamily: Bombacoideae >>> >>> Genus: Ceiba >>> >>> Species: Ceiba speciosa(A.St.-Hil.) >>> Ravenna >>> >>> Synonym: *Chorisia speciosa* >>> A.St.-Hil. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Saint-Hilaire> >>> >>> Colloqiual names: silk floss tree >>> A street tree in Arizona, New mexico, Southern California, planted for >>> Xeriscape ... >>> >>> Native of South American continent, is grown in tropic for the >>> Xeriscape, beautiful flowers, curiosity and because of prolific seed >>> production, may establish itself in hospitable terrain (this last is my >>> opinion, nobody seems to have written about it yet! Usha di) …. >>> >>> Enjoy >>> >>> Usha di >>> >>> >>> >> >