Marvellous presentation Rawat Ji with plenty of information..
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:08 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > A wonderful presentation, Rawat ji. > Thanks a lot. > > > On 26 August 2013 14:03, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bladdertworts or Utricularias are insectivorous plants; no matter how >> small are they. This *Utricularia striatula* Smith (Lentibulariaceae) is >> a tiny plant reaching to a height of only 3 cm. It grows along with mosses >> on moist rock faces with dripping water in shady conditions or on tree >> trunks. Basal part of the inflorescence axis produces few creeping >> branches-stolons, which bear small insect trapping devices evolved by this >> genus during evolution. These traps are named variously- urceoli, ampullae, >> vesiculae, utriculae, pitchers, bladders etc. The traps shown here are >> hardly 1-1.5 mm large with a mouth (orifice) encircled by many appendages >> (hair like structure). >> >> True leaves are absent in *Utricularia* and green photosynthetic organs >> are referred as foliar organs which are present at the base of >> inflorescence axis or on stolons here. >> >> In vegetative state *U.striatula* is very difficult to differentiate due >> to small size and only becomes noticeable when flowers appear on erect >> 2-3cm tall inflorescence axis. Flowers are comparatively larger being 7-10 >> mm including spur and colourful. >> >> This species is widespread in India and reaches to Tropical Africa to >> Malesia, China and Sri Lanka. >> >> 35 species of *Utricularia* are reported by M.K.Janarthanam and >> A.N.Henry in their fine document “*Bladderworts of India*” published by >> Botanical Survey of India in 1992. It was this document and help of these >> authors which enabled me to identify my specimens as *U.brachiata* Olive >> in 1999, a very rare Himalayan terrestrial bladderwort and was a new record >> to Western Himalaya. >> >> Photographs shot near Jeolikot on way to Naini Tal in August 2013. >> >> With so minute bladders and even smaller mouth how much small insect will >> it trap and digest? Whatever it may eat, it is happy and flourishing in its >> habitats. >> DSRawat Pantnagar >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > 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 (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2135 members & > 1,61,500 messages on 31/7/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species & 1,70, 000 images). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Regards, Dr. Nidhan Singh Assistant Professor Department of Botany I.B. (PG) College Panipat-132103 Haryana Ph.: 09416371227 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
