This plant is active only in the summer, I guess. Because the whole plant would be submerged for about 5-6 months during monsoon as this species grow in the river bed.
As the water level in the river/stream get reduced during winter, the plant become active from the surviving rhizomes and new plants would germinate and establish from dormant seeds. Then, during summer it starts flowering. As you could see in the first picture of the first upload we can see only the leaves and inflorescence above ground and roots and rhizomes are underground, mostly firmly attached to the ground. Even with the inflorescence, we can see only the spathe as you see in _GIB4889 and when we split open that spathe you can see the inflorescence within, where the male flowers arranged at the top and female flowers below that. Regards, Giby On 20 February 2012 10:12, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Very nice show and discussion, > > Since you mention riparian zone.... is this part of what naturally comes > up ? > or do people who manage restorations of such zones introduce these and > other trees and plants ? > > Usha di > ====== > -- GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Jakkur Post, Srirampura Bangalore- 560064 India Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby
