Hi Katie, very useful info. i will forward this mail to our botany group as one of the group members is doing her project on climbers. cheers, shubhada
________________________________ From: katie bagli <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 22 June, 2009 12:03:24 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:13683] Climbers Hi, Since Climbers appears to be the latest topic of discussion I would like to express my fascination of how different climbers "climb". For many Climbers such as Combretum albidum and Madhvi Lata or Hiptage benghalensis the stems simply climb up trees and turn into woody, spiral, looping formations reminding one of Tarzan and Jane. In others such as Diascorea alata the stem remains soft and twines around a rigid support. Money plants or Epipremnum aureum have a knack of producing adventitious roots whereever they touch a flat surface such as a wall or a broad tree trunk and hold fast to them by means of some kind of glue-like substance. Bougeanvillea have sharp woody thorns that pierce into their support. Sometimes, as in Krishnakamal or Passiflora, the branches get modified into tendrils. In the case of the Pea the upper leaflets of the compound leaves prefer to turn into tendrils. Smilax gets its support from tendrils that were supposed to be leaf stipules. The Glory Lily or Gloriosa superba reaches towards the sun by turning its leaf apex into a spring-like tendril. I have attached here the picture of Bauhinia vahlii or Camel's foot climber, which is a woody climber and covers tree tops so aggressively, that it hinders the latter's growth and is often needed to be eradicated. Cheers, katie Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
