Friends, When C.religiosum is in fruits and when they are mature, dehiscing...... you may observe the following in a few weeks. Sit under a C.religiosum and wait for the wind on the fruits. You will see that the outer shell and an independant inner shell(feels like plastic) rub against each other. Its nature's mechanical engineering......wonderful to observe sitting under this tree. and the resultant - one seed with cotton is slowly exposed at the bottom base of the fruit. Next the soft cotton ball gets expanded and gets fluffy. The seed waits at the very end of the fruit tip with its 'coma' attached. On the blow of the next wind the seed gets blown away and is dispersed. If you observe carefully and patiently you can see that the seeds come out one by one in a queue and get blown off by the wind......one by one. You must observe the structure of the fruit, so well evolved - perfecly designed - its such a delight to sit undr this tree and obseve the dispersal. its something you cant miss...........the finer details.....
Regards On Jan 2, 10:23 am, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > Superb catch Mohina ji and Satish ji > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:49 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Superb catch mohina ji and Satish Sir. @ Satish Sir, again the quality is > > absolutely superb due to timing, light, angle, sutter speed, etccccccccccc. > > and finally the background. > > > Regards > > > prasad > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Adding my pictures of *Cochlospermum religiosum* fruits. > >> An interesting observation: The plants I observe in Pune are almost > >> leafless when in flower whereas here they have quite a number of leaves. > > >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Mohina Macker > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>> Cochlospermum religiosum > >>> today at my place in alibaug > >>> regards > >>> mohina macker > > >> -- > >> Dr Satish Phadke > > > -- > > Prasad Kumar Dash > > Ecologist, Orissa, India > > email: [email protected] > > ph. 09437444241 > > -- > Regards > Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
