Thanks Gurucharan ji for your comments. Some more interesting links It is not a plant but lacewing eggs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucewood/191713286/ The reason for laying eggs in this manner. http://www.entnemdept.ufl.edu/fasulo/woodypest/224.htm Lets wait for other members to comment on it. Pankaj Oudhia On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Pankaj ji for introducing information about this rare, interesting > and mysterious plant. The internet is flooded with pictures and videos of > this plant which looks like a seed/grain having sprounted under a shaded > condition, but much more delicate and thinner. When you try to search > Udumbara plant with botanical name, Ficus racemosa comes in, but this tiny > plant is apparently totally different. This is the gist I got from one > website: > > "Udumbara, a legendary flower that is believed to blossom once every three > millennia to symbolize the arrival of the Noble King of Falun (Law Wheel), > was seen in Batam, Indonesia on April. 30, 2008. This is the first such > finding in Indonesia. The world's first report of Udumbara was in 1997 in > Korea. Previously, witnesses of Udumbara were reported in Australia, Korea, > mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. The Udumbara sprouted from > Buddha Statues, bricks, glasses, iron tubes, and plant leaves. There is not > a known match of this species of plant life to date. Delicate flowers are > white in color and grow suspended on threadlike stalks. The stems are > slimmer than human hair. Altogether Udumbara appeared on eight leaves. Some > leaves had 30 little buds on them, some had 40, 50, or 60 buds. According > to "Etymology in Huilin's YinYi," a Buddhist scripture from China's Tang > Dynasty in the early 9th century, "Udumbara appears in Heaven. It does not > belong to the human world. Only the mighty virtue of a reincarnating > Tathagata or the appearance of the Noble King of Falun would cause Udumbara > to appear in the human world."" > > > Numerous sightings have been reported from China las year > > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Pankaj Oudhia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Rare Buddhist flower found under nun's washing machine >> <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7345137/Rare-Buddhist-flower-found-under-nuns-washing-machine.html> >> Ficus racemosa is known as Udumbar in Sanskrit. >> >> Any idea about plant mentioned in this news? >> >> >> Pankaj Oudhia >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" 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 "efloraofindia" 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.
