great Surajit, have tried taking this cradle apart and see what crawls out and what else is growing there?
interesting class project may be usha di = On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Really nice photographs Surajit ji > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:22 AM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> Kamarkundu <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamarkundu_Junction> is a >> railway junction where >> Howrah-Tarakeswar<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarakeswar>rail runs on >> overbridge and Howrah-Burdwan >> Chord <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93Bardhaman_chord>runs >> underneath. The concrete and steel girdles of the overbridge accumulated >> dust and debris. Eventually grasses and herbs grew there, attracted >> insects, maybe some millipedes and certainly microbes also. They added >> humus component to those dusts and sands and turned the concrete into a >> cradle of life. >> >> This grass is growing on that cradle of life! >> >> Species : *Chloris barbata* Sw. >> Habit & Habitat : about 2. feet high, narrow leaves of less than 0.5 mm >> Date : 20/9/12, 9.52 a.m. >> Place Kamarkundu (Hooghly) >> Earlier post of similar grass - >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/MZHwCDAxoS8/discussion >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
