I fully agree with the devastating nature of the ficus trees on buildings. To add insult to injury, people in North India have a deep superstition that cutting down ficus religiosa and F. bengalensis brings ill-luck to the family. During her lifetime my grandmother used to say that my grandfather died because he had a peepal tree cut (he died when my father was 10, and one of my uncles is posthumous). thanks for telling me about evil effects on buildings of F. pumila. I was thinking of covering at least one wall in my house (which I hope is going to be the last of my life) with pumila.. thanks again, akbhatt
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anandji, > you should be thankful to the labourers who removed the creeper figs > from the wall. It is a lovely creeper no doubt, but it is a Ficus sp. > Like all Ficus plants, they send their roots through cracks (sometimes > they induce the cracks ) in the host plants or buildings on which they > grow. Unlike Ivy, clinging roots of creeper fig are not only for > anchorage. The roots grow in girth in no time and cause much damage to > their 'hosts'. Most of our uncared old buildings, and Temples have > been ruined by its cousins, particularly by F. religiosa , F. > bengalensis, F. glomerata. F.pumila is also known destructive ,but > only to a lesser extent. > > On Oct 1, 10:55 pm, "Anand Kumar Bhatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had this in one of my earlier homes. A friend had presented one plant > in a > > large earthen pot. It had grown and covered one wall.Then came Diwali > days. > > I was in the office, and the labourers who paint the wall coolly removed > it > > from the wall!!! It could never recover after that onslaught. But I > remember > > broder leaves (not bigger), and not so narrow as has been shown in the > > current picture. > > Yes! this creeper can work beautifully in place of ivy in warmer climes. > > akbhatt > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Neil Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Satish, > > > It is Ficus pumila. Some people use it to cover the entire walls of > their > > > bungalows. > > > Regards, > > > Neil. > > > > > --- On Wed, 10/1/08, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > From: satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [indiantreepix:5208] climbing Ficus > > > > To: "indiantreepix Indian" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 8:35 PM > > > > After writing about family Moraceae it reminded me of our > > > > visit to Someshwar > > > > wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka last year. Just near the > > > > entrance a botanist > > > > accompanying us showed us this so called climbing ficus and > > > > told us that it > > > > is the only climbing species of ficus.I want opinion from > > > > members about > > > > this. If anybody has any other information I would like to > > > > know it. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Satish > > > > -- > > Anand Kumar Bhatt > > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Bhind Road > > Gwalior. 474 005.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Bhind Road Gwalior. 474 005. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" 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.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
