I thought I knew the name as labelled by a gardener who calls it poinsettia but I am not so sure about that (having found that it doesn't match the description of any poinsettia).
It is a very popular ornamental that grows to an average tree height with beautiful small white flowers that bloom for a short while in december. I don't have a good picture of the tree but am attaching a photo of it clipped from a video for identification. rakesh On 1/24/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rakesh-- > > Sounds like it may not be scale insects. They normally detach fairly > easily by scraping with the finger. > > I'd suspect that some sort of boring insect is infesting the stems, or > possibly some sort of canker disease. > > Do you know what kind of tree it is? > > Regards-- > Ken. > > --- On *Fri, 1/23/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:02 PM > > Thanks Ken, > > The ants seem to have disappeared these days since I last clicked this > picture. > > It was very difficult to scrape off and started oozing a reddish exudate. > > rakesh > > > On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Rakesh-- >> >> Indeed there are many species of scale insects. If that plant has scale, >> it is not one with which I am familiar. >> >> Were the ants primarily visiting these lumps. or were they perhaps >> foraging on something else in the plant? >> >> Did you try scraping any of the lumps to see if they would detach? >> >> Regards-- >> Ken. >> >> >> >> --- On *Fri, 1/23/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 11:53 AM >> >> Thanks Ken. >> >> Interestingly a search on scale insects led me to this site from Florida >> http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH195 >> although none of their pics matched mine but I guess there are a lot of >> varieties. >> >> rakesh >> http://peoplesgroup.academia.edu/RakeshBiswas >> >> >> On 1/23/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Possibly a scale insect infestation, judging by the number of ants >>> present. They tend to move insects like scale (and aphids, thrips, whitefly, >>> etc) around plants to maximize their production of honeydew, upon which they >>> eat. >>> >>> Could also be sap rising as the result of a bark-boring insect as well, >>> though ants seldom collect the gum exudate of most plants. >>> >>> Regards-- >>> Ken Greby >>> Palmetto Bay, Florida USA >>> >>> --- On *Thu, 1/22/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 12:23 PM >>> >>> I wonder if any one could help me with identifying this interesting >>> accumulation on the bark of this tree. >>> >>> >>> rakesh >>> >>> Bhopal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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