Viplav thanks I tried looking up the details od geology of the Madh hill but ran into details of some beach and a old fort of some sort and resorts all over
same site mentione malabar hills is it that close? I am glads you are documenting the trees that are there at present usha di Usha di =========== On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 12:16 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I really don't know how those fissures were formed in the rock face. Also > don't have any different photos to share. > > Best wishes, Viplav > > El 19 de abril de 2015, 18:58, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > escribió: > >> >> well >> how did those "fissures" appear ? >> >> natural earth vibrations and quakes I guess... Viplv >> >> >> Do you by any chance have the entire wall face photos, several of them? >> >> usha di >> >> >> >> Usha di >> =========== >> >> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 11:42 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> This tree is growing on a steep and entirely natural rock face. It is >>> not a man-made "wall". >>> >>> Best wishes, Viplav >>> >>> El 17 de abril de 2015, 23:15, Ushadi Micromini < >>> [email protected]> escribió: >>> >>>> >>>> nice pictures depicting the tenacity of the roots to get a hold ... >>>> strength of roots amazes me >>>> >>>> but the rock wall does not look like a monolith >>>> rather it seems one of those very deftly nicely tightly (god only >>>> knows how did they do it kind) set square cut black basalt or granite rock >>>> pieces and the roots have found the even miniscule little clefts >>>> >>>> the root tips sometimes in some can have acidic fluids I have read >>>> somewhere but i dont think they release h2so4 or HCL strong enough for long >>>> enough to drill a hole in granite face and malic acid or the other >>>> inhibitory hormone that's acid is not released out of its tip i dont >>>> think... >>>> >>>> regardless, I see man's handiwork that made the wall... >>>> >>>> so no roots did not need the acid anyway >>>> >>>> usha di >>>> >>>> Usha di >>>> =========== >>>> >>>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:28 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sharing a few pictures of the roots of *Ficus exasperata* deftly >>>>> penetrating a rock face in Madh, North Mumbai. A few wildlings with lobed >>>>> foliage can be seen at the bottom of the first image. >>>>> >>>>> Photographed on Madh Hill in October 2014. >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes, Viplav >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

