Katie ji Excellent photograph with pollinators and very interesting observation. Glad to read the mail which is very different from the conventional topics............ Cheers Dr Phadke Satish
2009/9/7 katie bagli <[email protected]> > Hi, > Although plants do not locomote unlike animals, they certainly do show > movements in response to stimuli - the slow phototrophic (movement towards > the sun), geotrophic (moving into the earth), and those of climbers moving > very naturally towards a support even without eyes. Then there are the > quicker responses like the tactile movements of the common Mimosa pudica > (Touch-me-not) and those of insectivorous plants like the lid of the > Pitcher plant shutting the pitcher close once an insect has entered the > pitcher, the movement of the shiny dew-like hair of Drossera (Sundew) > trapping an insect.... > > But what fascinated a group of us who were taking a nature walk in BPT > Gardens the other day was the sudden and unexpected movements shown by the > flowers of Erinocarpus nimonii. The shrub was in full bloom (pl. see > attachment), looking very attractive with its yellow flowers. Bees were > hovering over only a couple of them, and as if to acknowledge our presence > and show off its abilities, the sepals of these same flowers began to jerk > outwards, one by one, thrilling us to bits. Could this be a kind of > strategy to shake the pollen out of the anthers and shower it upon the bees, > their pollinators? > Yours bewildered, > katie > > > > > -- http:// satishphadke.blogspot.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
