Rakesh-- Thank you for the kind words.
I am always trying to learn something new myself. Only by giving back to others the little that each of us individually know do we grow. Regards-- Ken. --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 9:39 AM Thanks Ken, You are an inspiration. Wish I could help my patients in the manner that you have helped me understand this plant problem. Hope to continue to learn from you and others in this group. warm regards, rakesh On 1/24/09, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: Rakesh-- Looks to be Euphorbia leucocephala, a poinsettia relative. These plants have milky sap, so the accumulations may well be hardened sap, possibly from insect damage or mechanical injury, If the plant otherwise looks healthy, I would probably not worry too much about the accumulation for now. But do keep an eye for increases in the accumulation or declines to the tree, if possible. Regards-- Ken. --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rakesh Biswas <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:7878] bark accumulation To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 9:18 AM 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
