Thankyou very much Garg Ji and Turaga ji Alok
On Dec 29, 11:27 pm, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: > dear alok > Very nice and innovative! > thanks for posting this! > kind regards > janaki turaga > > On 12/30/09, Alok Goyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > 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.
