Lovely pic, Neil. The twisted vines resemble the twisted locks of girls ! Kiran, most of the Liana pix are of old creepers, may be a few years old, seeming to have turned woody. The Lianas that are supposed to hold water may be in fresh young shoots. If you come across very young shoot test this.
________________________________ From: Neil Soares <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; kiran srivastava <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 20 June, 2009 10:53:53 PM Subject: [indiantreepix:13615] Re: liana's Hi, Here's my contribution. Regards, Neil Soares. --- On Sat, 6/20/09, kiran srivastava <[email protected]> wrote: >From: kiran srivastava <[email protected]> >Subject: [indiantreepix:13540] Re: liana's >To: [email protected] >Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 10:48 AM > > >A small facet of Sanjay Gandhi National Park - a liana twisted, as if >in agony - a reminder of once a part of dense forest, perhaps! Of >course, nothing in comparision to what Raghu Ananth has shown us. > >Some liana's are supposed to hold water but have never had the >occasion to test this: too solid and tough to break. > >Cheers, >Kiran Srivastava >Mumbai > > >On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:23 PM, raghu ananth<[email protected]> wrote: >> Bramha giri forest, Coorg, Lianas loop from tree to tree and cover more than >> 100 metres. The hard woody and thick stems appear twisted and seems to be >> very old. Because of the dense vegetation, I could not trace the point from >> where it begins or end. >> They give a majestic look to the forest. Would love to see them in monsoon. >> >> Iruppu falls, >> Brahmagiri Hill range, Coorg Dist., Karnataka >> >> 07 Dec 2008 >> Regards >> Raghu > > >> > Thinking of ordering food? Find restaurant numbers on Yahoo! India Local http://in.local.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
