Very interesting! Dr Satish Phadke
On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 21:32, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Satish ji. > The buttress roots have "*grown high*" along the stem almost until the > first tier of branches, making it look as if the tree has branched at base, > What we see now is lateral growth, I assume about *15 - 20 times* " > *axially*". The girth of main stem has grown many fold, making all the > subsequent tiers of branches look like growing from base. > > When this same tree was of 10 - 15 years of age, it would have started > with a straight green stem, just about 1 m diameter girth, with the first > tier of branches at approx 18 feet / 6 m high. > > Here is a picture in Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_Bagh#/media/File:Bombax_LalBagh.JPG>, > where we have two people standing near the tree. Absolutely enormous > proportions. > Read more at Monumental trees > <https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/ind/goa/karnataka/12066_lalbaghbotanicalgarden/> > . > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 10:00 PM J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J. M. Garg >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun 5 Mar, 2017, 11:40 AM >> Subject: [efloraofindia:265010] The true Kapok tree :: Lalbagh Botanical >> Gardens :: 19 FEB 2017 >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> [image: Lalbagh Botanical Gardens] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32334543893%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGbki6qJxw51UfSPcvJ38TpLjCkjQ> >> Lalbagh Botanical Gardens Bangalore >> *Date*: 19 FEB 2017 ... *Altitude*: ~ 906 m (2972 ft) asl >> ------------------------------ >> *Ceiba pentandra* (L.) Gaertn. ... (family: Malvaceae) ... exotic >> >> [image: White Silk-cotton tree] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32968652472%2Fin%2Falbum-72157680686127536%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHbKQBRueZ-OJKUq-prwhSYP1aNFA> >> >> [image: The true Kapok tree] >> <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F32742709260%2Fin%2Falbum-72157680686127536%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFtmy0qSw2DnbYzOW2kFKxsIRLxvw> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> 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 https://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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CACdsMori2vwnDQ3nAMi6Ev7cBA1RRJbeybtOgpFQiLWyWK1UTA%40mail.gmail.com.
