Thanks Yazdi ji. I think in this case the spider is only around, as on any other plant !
regards, Rashida. > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:09:54 +0530 > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:31917] Dischidia-an epiphyte > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Climate, controversies and the changing signatures of nature http://green.in.msn.com/ -- 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.
