Great pictures by Alok and Aparna You have highlighted a very interesting and different aspect about plant life. I Certainly got inspired to look at these aspects while observing the plant life henceforth Thanks for sharing Dr Satish Phadke
2009/12/30 Alok Goyal <[email protected]> > Hallo all > > This is my submission for the flora picture of the year-2009. inspired to > some extent by David Attenborough's "private life of plants" i keep looking > for some less noticed structures on the plants which enhance their > attraction, used in defense or for any other purpose other than the > routine. > The leaf is that of Erythrina suberosa. its a young leaf which is almost > all covered with a lot of hair. the base of leaf is possesses these > extrafloral nectaries which stand out of the hair covering the young parts. > the nectaries probably act in plant defense by attracting ants which feed on > the nectar produced by these nectaries. these ants inturn protect the plant, > flowers and flower buds from insect pests. > > Alok > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
