Thank you Prasad ji and Rawat ji. Thank you Rawat ji for explaining about survival mechanisms so well . Really liked it . Thanks Regards Bhagyashri
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:54 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]>wrote: > Fine close-up shots! I know *Commelina* spp. produce small flowers. This > phenomenon of production of underground or un-opening flowers (which still > produce seeds) is known as "cleistogamy". The disadvantage of cleistogamy > is that the plants produced by such seeds are genetically same to parents. > But the survival of a species in long run requires variations which can be > brought by normal flowers; that is why this species produced normal > flowers. Plants are probably wiser than we usually assume! > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Monday, January 7, 2013 9:57:14 PM UTC+5:30, Bhagyashri Ranade wrote: > >> Dear all, >> My Flora picture of the year 2012 are these flowers of Commelina >> forskalei Vahl. It was fascinating for me to see and learn that the same >> plant has flowers above the ground as well as underground and that the >> underground flowers apparently form a drought-survival development. >> Regards >> Bhagyashri >> > -- > > > > -- Regards Bhagyashri --
