Dr. Rawat: Wonderful picture. Very striking absence of chlorophyll. does it ever set seeds? Are there other monotropoidss in India? I wonder.
In the mountains in the Sequoia forests during early summer/late spring red (and no cholorphyll) iceplants come up, ided as Sarcodes sanguinea, same sort of origin and same sort of functions in the forest floor ... and these are the other extreme (in brightest red color) of these monotropoids. usha di On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:12 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Dr Panda for these nice words. > DSRawat Pantnagar > > > On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 7:28:57 PM UTC+5:30, Subhasis Panda wrote: >> >> Nice collections and photographs Rawatji! >> Dr. S. Panda >> Darjeeling >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:34 PM, D.S Rawat <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> *Monotropa uniflora* L (Ericaceae), sometimes also placed in its own >>> family Monotropaceae, is a strange angiosperm as it completely devoid of >>> green colour (Chlorophyll is absent). It grows in dense temperate forests >>> where thick layer of litter exists on forest floor in Uttarakhand. It is a >>> rare species having bell shaped nodding solitary flower. >>> >>> A saprophytic angiosperm, *Monotropa uniflora* is also known as Indian >>> Pipe Plant though it is found in many parts of the world including >>> Americas. Entire plant is up to 15 cm tall and flower bearing stalks often >>> occur in cluster. >>> >>> >>> >>> Photographed in Chopta forest near Tungnath (Chamoli) Uttarakhand by Mr >>> Satish Chandra. >>> >>> >>> >>> It is a new genus and species in eFI database. >>> >>> >>> DSRawat Pantnagar >>> >>> Dr D.S.Rawat >>> Department of Biological Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & >>> Technology Pantnagar-263 145 Uttarakhand, 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/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > 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/d/optout. > -- Usha di =========== -- 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/d/optout.
