So Tanay, if one takes out these plants from the pots and washes away the soil... there would be a segment of the stem buried itself LOOK grossly and microscopically like a root and "secondary" rootlets?, and then as it emerges out ..tuns green and develops microscopic characteristics of stem again?
On Dec 18, 7:45 pm, Tanay Bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent some species of Euphorbiaceae, I think peculiar feature > is due t its xeric habit where the stem push into the soil to modify > itself into roots and then emerges out. > Tanay is it? Usha di =============== > > On 18 December 2011 04:38, N Arun Kumar Kumar <arunameth...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > this plant has peculiar habits! notice how the stems start pushing into > > the soil and then out through the waterhole! i found this very interesting.. > > id help appreciated > > -- > *Tanay Bose* > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > Department of Botany. > University of British Columbia . > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > 604-822-6089 (Fax) > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > *Webpages:*http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
