That's right Ushadi, So many possibilities! :) Thank you, Janani
On 17 January 2013 10:40, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > =========== > -- Janani Eswar Rooting to Heal www.artyplantz.com www.facebook.com/ArtyPlantz --
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