Dear Rashida Ji, Many thanks for sharing with us, once again one of natures wonders. The symbiotic relationship between ants and plant. Incidentally I notice a spider in both the pictures does it play a part too? I had once come across similar relationship between brown bugs, ants and a spider. The spider I guess weaves a web and holds the leaves together, the ants places the brown bugs in succulent spots and the bugs provide honeydew to the ants. Thanks once again. Regards Yazdy Palia.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM, rashida atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thought of sharing this very interesting and unusal leaves of Dischidia. we > had seen the same at Shillong high above on tree trunks and could not > capture any pics. These are growing in a pot at my friend's place at > Shahpur, Mah. as seen by us on 28 March '10. > > Quoting from Stern " Some leaves of Dischidia, an epiphyte ... from tropical > Australasia, develop into pouches that become the home of ant colonies. The > ants carry in soil and add nitrogenous wastes, while moisture collects in > the leaves through condensation of the water vapor coming from the mesophyll > through stomata. This creates a good growing medium for roots, which develop > adventitiously from the same node as the leaf and grow down into the soil > contained in the urnlike pouch. In other words, this extraordinary plant > not only reproduces itself by conventional means but also, with the aid of > ants, provides its own fertilized growing medium and flower pots and then > produces special roots, which " exploit " the situation." > > After this any doubts about how intelligent plant are? !! > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > ________________________________ > All the post budget analysis and implications Sign up now. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
