Thank you Pankajji for this valuable info Regards Bhagyashri On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:23 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> In most of the Ficus seeds are dispersed through birds after > defecation. So seeds can grow anywhere they fall in normal condition, > but usually they grow as epiphytes or lithophytes or on the cracks in > the buildings. . > Attaching one article on the similar issue. It talks about dispersal > by bird followed by ants, which is very interesting. > Regards > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:17 AM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Aug 27, 7:09 pm, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would like to share the picture of this Peepal tree which has grown on > the > >> terrace of my home. > >> I have worshiped it as a holy tree since childhood. Some people say it > is > >> dangerous to have this tree growing as ghosts live on this tree.I do not > >> know a single person who has seen a ghost. I do not feel like uprooting > it. > >> Yes and if I uproot it I am sure it will grow again. I have always > wondered > >> about these trees( i have seen banyan tree grow in the similar fashion) > >> whether they grow from the soil and go through the walls upto the > terrace or > >> do they grow on the terrace itself due to some bird dropping a seed. I > love > >> the color of the new leaves of Peepal tree its shimmering faint red but > >> never seen the flowers or fruits. Will appreciate if any one has the > >> pictures to share > >> > >> Regards > >> Bhagyashri > >> > >> 190820111550.jpg > >> 387KViewDownload > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
