Janani I am glad you are an observer of nature, and doing with great interest and having fun at it..
good... African tulip tree flowers are visited by a large number of birds, and it seems its bird and may be even bat pollinated, so what the mystery is I don't know... may be the lack of exact type of bird? or its not bird pollinated at all and some small insect? may be moisture in the air or roots make a difference? may be our forest dept planted only one set of seeds ... that resulted in non-fruiting trees? or I am observing the wrong population of african tulip trees!!! so many possibilities... may be some one from forest dept is reading this and can put me right or show us a few trees that have indeed developed pods in Kolkata / Calcutta. Usha di On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Janani Eswar <[email protected]>wrote: > [?] I guess it was, was simply checking... > > I was simply curious because there are many trees growing in the streets > of Bangalore and every one of them (including small ones) have pods. Maybe > the right kind of pollinator isn't near your place? > > They are very interesting pods! Because the tree disperses it's seed > through wind, it has built a sort of self defense mechanism against rain. > when there is lots of moisture in the air the pod closes up and when it's > dry, it opens again. Loads of fun to see the look on people's faces when > you show them an almost "magical" trick [?] > > > On 17 January 2013 06:19, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Janani: >> I thought it was clear, :) [?] >> >> Yes, that's what I am saying >> I am tracking a few " African Tulip trees " that are within my reach... >> for a few years >> not seen any seed pod yet >> >> cheer up >> usha di >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 8:58 PM, Janani Eswar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi Ushadi, >>> >>> Quoting from your mail: "*It is claimed that seedpods develop, but I >>> have not seen any on trees I track…. " *Sorry for being a little >>> confused but are you saying that you haven't as yet seen any seed pods on >>> any Spathodea tree? >>> >>> On 16 January 2013 16:52, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Grgji >>>> thank you >>>> its distinctly different from our daily citings of Shalik..i'll want >>>> to see it soon >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 9:57 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, Ushadi, >>>>> Gang shalik / Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) as per link: >>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsbynabarunsadhya/4466803142/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 13 January 2013 06:58, Ushadi Micromini >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Garg ji:please thank Shukla for her information.... >>>>>> for wonderful feedback and new information. >>>>>> Rudra palash I knew about (thanks for the link, would be handy in >>>>>> future), but did not know that parrots come to it, will surely try to >>>>>> plant >>>>>> a few in my neighborhood in south 24 paraganas that used to be habitat-ed >>>>>> by parrots , but no more, want to bring them back ... we need food they >>>>>> eat >>>>>> and tree with hollows where they can nest... so this will at least get us >>>>>> one more tree that they eat from I guess. >>>>>> >>>>>> one question: what is Gang shalik? any other name? >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:40 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> A reply: >>>>>>> "Thank you Usha di for your beautiful*Spathodea campanulata*. This >>>>>>> plant you can also found inside the Salt Lake Stadium and Eastern Bypass >>>>>>> and also on the road side of Hedua park-Scottish Church college area of >>>>>>> North Calcutta. The flowers are quite similar in colour with *Butea* >>>>>>> *monosperma* (Lam.) Taub. of Fabaceae ( *Palash*in Bengali). The >>>>>>> most interesting thing is that Rabindranath Tagore renamed this flower >>>>>>> as “ >>>>>>> *Rudra Palash*” in Bengali ( >>>>>>> http://pathabhavanpraktoni.net/main/?p=2320). In Shantiniketan >>>>>>> children called this “*Pichkiri**phul*” (pichkiri means spray) as >>>>>>> they played *Holi* with this flower!! Many birds like Parrots, * >>>>>>> Shalik*, *Gang* *Shalik* also passionate about this flower and they >>>>>>> often visit this tree during its blooming. ****** >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> **Sukla"** >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 8 January 2013 03:24, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] >>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Spathodea campanulata * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *These pictures are of a tree from a CIT Road Calcutta >>>>>>>> neighbourhood school yard* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Originally from Central Africa, the African tulip tree was >>>>>>>> brought to India in early 1900s . >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *In Bengal it achieves great height and girth, flowers profusely >>>>>>>> and* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * put up a spectacular show from January to about April, flowers >>>>>>>> remain even >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *when the foliage develops fully. >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *It is claimed that seedpods develop, but I have not seen any on >>>>>>>> trees I track…. >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Seeds in Africa were said to be fermented to produce poison for >>>>>>>> hunting arrows!!!* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>>> ===========* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> With regards, >>>>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>>>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also >>>>>>> use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with >>>>>>> each image. >>>>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>>>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 >>>>>>> members & 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species >>>>>>> database of more than 7500 species). >>>>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds >>>>>>> of India'. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Usha di >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> With regards, >>>>> J.M.Garg >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >>>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image >>>>> . >>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >>>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 >>>>> members & 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: >>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >>>>> of more than 7500 species). >>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >>>>> India'. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Janani Eswar >>> Rooting to Heal >>> www.artyplantz.com >>> www.facebook.com/ArtyPlantz >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Usha di >> =========== >> > > > > -- > Janani Eswar > Rooting to Heal > www.artyplantz.com > www.facebook.com/ArtyPlantz > -- Usha di =========== --
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