Hi Usha Di. I am not sure how they will look microscopically but presumably you will find adventitious roots growing from the stem. Tanay
On 18 December 2011 22:51, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > So Tanay, if one takes out these plants from the pots and washes away > the soil... there would be a segment of the stem buried itself LOOK > grossly and microscopically like a root and "secondary" rootlets?, > and then as it emerges out ..tuns green and develops microscopic > characteristics of stem again? > > > On Dec 18, 7:45 pm, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > > Excellent some species of Euphorbiaceae, I think peculiar feature > > is due t its xeric habit where the stem push into the soil to modify > > itself into roots and then emerges out. > > Tanay > > > > is it? > > Usha di > > =============== > > > > On 18 December 2011 04:38, N Arun Kumar Kumar <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > this plant has peculiar habits! notice how the stems start pushing into > > > the soil and then out through the waterhole! i found this very > interesting.. > > > id help appreciated > > > > -- > > *Tanay Bose* > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > [email protected] > > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
