Beautiful Set of Lovely Shots!! On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote:
> Superb catch again Raman ji and the squirrel too is good one. > > Regards > > prasad > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Rambling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate, silky leaves and >> powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens. Calliandra >> haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads >> wide. If desired it can be kept smaller by trimmed. Interesting enough the >> leaves close at night. The red powder puff flower are attractive to >> butterflies and hummingbirds but only appear from November -April. The buds >> before the flowers open look like raspberries. This large shrub can be >> grown indoor if trimmed and grown in a pot but it will be best if you can >> grow it outside in a warm climate >> >> Raman >> > > > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Orissa, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964

