Please read I. scabrida instead of I. seabird (auto corrected by my intelligent machine) in the first line.
Thanks. Ashwini > On 29 Jun 2016, at 21:57, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected]> wrote: > > For some time I have been noticing ants walking over the I. seabird plants. > This afternoon I sat and observed them. A large individual, perhaps a queen, > was foraging with a smaller (worker?) ant and to me they appear to be the > carpenter ants. They seem to be interested in red stipule like growths under > the leaf stalks. Every few seconds they would visit another stipule and place > their mandibles there and move on again. I took some photographs and > researched the phenomenon at home. I found out that I. scabrida has stipule > like nectaries which store glucose and other sugars which is what these ants > were interested in. > > Is this commonly known about this Impatiens and the ants? What do the ants > give the plant in return? Since they do not visit the flowers for nectar, > they are not the pollen couriers. I have seen bumblebees visiting the flowers > regularly and guess them to be the primary pollinators. > > Thanks. > Ashwini > > <_MG_8469_29June2016.jpg> > <_MG_9686_29June2016.jpg><_MG_9716_29June2016.jpg><_MG_9726_29June2016.jpg> > > > >> On 26 Aug 2015, at 08:57, Ashwini Bhatia <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Thank you Ushadi. Mr Garg usually forwards me the messages that concern me >> as I do not subscribe to all mails, only digests. >> >> Regards, >> Ashwini >> >>> On 25-Aug-2015, at 4:59 am, Ushadi Micromini <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> this message came thru indiatreepix, so i surmise its not a private massage >>> >>> but does not Ashwini in address line >>> or eflora >>> so forwarding it >>> Thanks Wojciech., nice to know my plants official name >>> >>> usha di >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: 'Wojciech' via efloraofindia <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:04 AM >>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:230315] Impatiens scabrida ABJUL01/24 >>> To: efloraofindia <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>, >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> For clarification: plants on pictures from Ushadi ji's garden are Impatiens >>> balsamina. >>> Garden varieties of this species could have flowers in different shades of >>> rosa, red, white, violet. >>> Wild form comes most probably from southern India and SE Asia, but as the >>> species is cultivated not less than 4000 years, it is difficult now to show >>> precise place. >>> Capsules of I. balsamina are short and hairy. >>> Shape of capsules is used to recognize broader groups of species. >>> I. scabrida recently escaped from culture (?) in some European countries: >>> Italy, Austria and Netherland. >>> Best regards Wojciech >>> >>> -- >>> 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] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <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 an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
