Thank you Mr. Garg, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Regards Yazdy Palia.
2008/10/31 J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here are some extracts from Wikipedia link on > Epiphytes:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte > > Epiphytic plants use photosynthesis for energy and (where non-aquatic) > obtain moisture from the air or from dampness (rain and cloud moisture) on > the surface of their hosts. Roots may develop primarily for attachment, and > specialized structures (for example, cups and scales) may be used to collect > or hold moisture. > > Epiphytic plants attached to their hosts high in the canopy have an > advantage over herbs restricted to the ground where there is less light and > herbivores may be more active. > > Epiphytic plants are also important to certain animals that may live in > their water reservoirs, such as some types of frogs and arthropods. The > best-known epiphytic plants include mosses, orchids, and bromeliads such as > Spanish moss (of the genus Tillandsia), but epiphytic plants may be found in > every major group of the plant kingdom. Assemblages of large epiphytes occur > most abundantly in moist tropical forests, but mosses and lichens occur as > epiphytes in almost any environment with trees. > > Some epiphytic plants are large trees that begin their lives high in the > forest canopy. Over decades they send roots down the trunk of a host tree > eventually overpowering and replacing it. The strangler fig and the northern > rātā (Metrosideros spp.) of New Zealand are examples of this. Epiphytes that > end up as free standing trees are also called hemiepiphytes. > > Here are extracts from Wikipedia link on > Syngonium:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syngonium > Syngonium is a genus of 33 species of flowering plants in the family > Araceae, native to tropical rain forests in Central and South America. They > are woody vines growing to heights of 10-20 m or more in trees. They have > leaves that change shape according to the plant's stage of growth, and adult > leaf forms are often much more lobed than the juvenile forms usually seen on > small house plants. > > Syngonium species are often grown as house plants, usually only in the > juvenile foliage stages. For successful growth, a winter minimum temperature > 16 °C to 18 °C must be maintained, rising to 20 °C to 30 °C during the > growing season. They require high humidity, including misting the leaves > regularly, and good light, but not direct sunlight; they will tolerate low > light levels. Water freely from spring to autumn, sparingly in winter. Feed > regularly in spring and summer. If juvenile foliage is preferred, cut off > all the climbing stems that develop -- the plant will remain bushy, rather > than climb, and the leaves will be more arrow-shaped. Repot every second > spring. Propagation is by cuttings or air layering. > > Syngonium podophyllum is the most commonly cultivated species, being used as > a houseplant since the late 19th century. It was originally confused with > the similar-looking African genus Nephthytis, and this is still used as a > common name for the plant. It was given its own genus in 1879.[1] Other > names include: > > Arrowhead plant > Arrowhead vine > Arrowhead Philodendron > Goosefoot > Trileaf Wonder > African evergreen[2] > > There are several variegated cultivars, the main differences being in the > position and extent of the cream or white markings. Some leaves are almost > entirely white, pink or yellow. All parts of the plant are poisonous and > cause severe mouth pain if eaten.[3] > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Again this is for the experts to tell us. But I thought that parasites do >> not prepare their food and therefore they don't need the green that is >> chlorophyll. I have read botany upto 10th class and that also in the year of >> the Lord 1955-56 which is more thaan half a century ago, and naturally at >> that time what we read was very basic, what our children study now is much >> more advanced. What I remember from those days is that some plants grow >> initially on other trees when its seeds are germinated there, and later the >> guest tree chokes and kills the host tree. Ficus bengalensis and ficus >> religiosa esp. are such plants. They are called Epiphytes. It was on theat >> basis that I had statd that the syngonium (?) on the host tree is not >> parasite. But I am ready for correction. >> Best wishes, >> akbhatt >> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Yazdy Palia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Once again, am not a botanist and would not know the name, however, >>> the observation of Mr. Anand that since the leaves are green, it could >>> not be a parasite is incorrect. I am a coffee farmer living at the >>> edge of a forest and have seen at least three types of parasites and >>> all of them have green leaves. I have seen them destroy large trees >>> totally. >>> One of them grows only on the branches and the seeds are deposited >>> there mostly by sunbirds who eat the fruits and drop the seeds that >>> have a mucilage around its seeds enough to let the seeds sprout on the >>> branches of trees and take root there. Its flowers are white, the >>> fruits are around 1/2 inch long and red in colour and the leaves are >>> green throughout its life. >>> The second type of parasite that I have seen strangulate the mother >>> tree on which it grows and ultimately occupy the space of the mother >>> tree. The third kind is the one in this picture, the leaves are the >>> same as in the picture and the roots almost smother the mother tree on >>> which it first of all climbs. >>> Regards >>> Yazdy Palia. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Samir Takaochi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > Sorry I attached wrong photo of leaves. I send it again >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & > Fauna:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
