Dear Hemant Thanks for sharing lovely pics and the taxonomic update. I would really be happy if people like you could contribute more and also help us in identifying plants here. It will certainly enrich your own knowledge too. Best wishes Pankaj
On Nov 4, 3:57 pm, Hemant Tripathi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > Sharing images of *Clerodendrum serratum* which is now called as *Rotheca > serrata.* > in this species it can be seen that one of the petals is modified and acts > as a landing or indicator for nectar for pollinators. > In other Clerodendrum the reproductive organs just fallout of the tube, > here in this case they seem to be placed at a height. > Perfect placement to get pollinated by small birds like Sun-birds who will > come looking for nectar and may bang their heads on the stamens...pollens > would get deposited on the head....stigma will mature after stamens dehisce > and when the bird visits other flower which has matured stigma, the dumped > pollen will be received as the bird again bangs its head...this time on > stigma. > Again this is a common plant and must have been already shared. > > -Hemanth > > *...imperishable spark of the perishable mind. * > > DSC_4224.JPG > 199KViewDownload > > DSC_4226.JPG > 226KViewDownload > > DSC_4256.JPG > 234KViewDownload
