Thanks a lot, Chris ji -- With regards, J. M. Garg
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Chris Fraser-Jenkins <> Date: Sun, 9 Apr, 2023, 17:53 Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:445588] Fwd: Ophioglossum sporangium To: J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Yes, it is certainly the fertile spike of an Ophioglossum. Just to make it clear, Ophioglossum sporangium is not a species or species' name, it means the sporangium of a fern, i.e. the little containers of the spores. In this photo each of the little knobbles running along the spike is an individual sporangium and when they are ripe they develop a split and shrink a bit so the spores can come out and be dispersed by the wind. But to identify the species, one needs to see a number of the leaflike sterile blades from which the spikes stick up. Without that no one can guess which species it is except quite often from the detailed s.e.m. images of the spore surfaces. Did you make any photos of the sterile blades down beneath the spike? Best wishes, Chris Fraser Jenkins.. On Sunday, 9 April 2023 at 11:06:21 BST, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: Forwarding again for Id assistance please. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: *JM Garg* <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 at 13:26 Subject: [efloraofindia:445588] Fwd: Ophioglossum sporangium To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shubhada Nikharge <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 2 August, 2010 at 5:46:01 pm UTC+5:30 Subject: Ophioglossum sporangium To: indian tree pix <[email protected]> Hi, I had taken these pics at Conservation Education Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai exactly one year ago and Dr. Swapna Prabhu from BNHS had identified it as Ophioglossum sporangium. Cheers, Shubhada "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." -- 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/2314b716-9a6d-4eb8-aa65-1b5d83b7b916n%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/2314b716-9a6d-4eb8-aa65-1b5d83b7b916n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- With regards, J.M.Garg -- 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/CA%2BiuSFCeBqNL1FP1De2WswSh12xNfFnhi6SYbs0tOgDgKTwiCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
