Thanks for the interesting explanation Dr. Gurcharan ji. regards, Rashida.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Rashida ji > You have got it right. Many plants develop bulbils in place of flowers. Top > onion, a pseudodiploid can survive only because of this so called vivipary, > and infact it was earlier named as *Allium* *cepa* var. *viviparum.* > * > * > *** > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > * > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:27 PM, Rashida Atthar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> This is interesting. As per definations- some plants produce seeds that >> undergo no dormancy . The growth while the seed and fruit are still on the >> plant is termed vivipary. Another defination says True vivipary, the >> germination of seed before dispersal is relatively rare ( as in mangrove >> species), in contrast to false vivipary (prolification) which represents a >> development of rooting vegetative buds instead of flowers. Could this be a >> case false vivipary? >> >> regards, >> Rashida. >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Not vivipary >>> >>> On Feb 11, 12:51 am, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Hi All, >>> > What method of reproduction is this? >>> > I got 16 little plantlets from this one stalk with a single flower of >>> the >>> > Red Ginger. >>> > Thanks, >>> > Padmini Raghavan. >>> > >>> > Red Ginger Lily 005.jpg >>> > 230KViewDownload >>> > >>> > Red Ginger Lily 012.jpg >>> > 222KViewDownload >>> > >>> > Red Ginger Lily 015.jpg >>> > 217KViewDownload >>> > >>> > Red Ginger Lily 022.jpg >>> > 225KViewDownload >>> >> >> > > >
