It is nice to know that nobody is picking bamboo seeds. Bamboo flowers once in 13 years or thereabouts. Once it flowers, the clump perishes. Stories that it is a harbinger of famine are myths or sometimes coincidences. The areas should once again blossom with these beautiful part of nature. Regards Yazdy Palia.
On 6/6/09, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > May 2009: This May, I saw Bamboo seeds lying scattered on the ground again > from another tree. Nowadays, no one here picks these seeds for they have > forgotten that they used to be cooked during times when famine struck. > > Most of the bamboo trees that were flowering last summer (Apr 08) were found > dead. The stems had turned black. > > There is a myth that when bamboo flowers, it signals the onset of famine. > May be in the current context, it could be 'Recession`! > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/517cbe18f6e4adb/ab35f6a14b193e84?lnk=gst&q=bamboo+tree+flowering#ab35f6a14b193e84 > > (There are several species of Bamboo and this behaviour may not be > generalized. ) > ________________________________ > From: Mahadeswara Swamy <[email protected]> > To: treepix Indian <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2008 5:00:24 PM > Subject: [Indiantreepix] Re: Bamboo tree flowering > > > In Chennai, one can see flowering bamboos in Guindy National Park. I have > photographed the flowering bamboo about 2 weeks back. > Dr. Mahadeswara swamy > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: raghu ananth <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, 12 April, 2008 9:46:12 AM > Subject: [Indiantreepix] Bamboo tree flowering > > > > > Bamboo trees are flowering for the past two months here in Chandagal > village. Some of the trees are more than 70 years old. Again. the trees > which were chopped 6 months months before were still bearing flowers. The > stories on the famine when bamboo flowers, rat menace still prevails in the > localites mindset.The fallen seeds seemed to be collected and cooked for > food, long time back > > We had seen earlier in feb 08, a bamboo tree flowering in one of the forest > dept. nurseries in Yelahanka, Bangalore. (Posted in earthsublime ) > > Regards > Raghu > > Chandagal > 07-Apr-2008 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Click here. > > > > ________________________________ > Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. > > > Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go > to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
