Sheshadri ji you are fortunate to see such a beautiful event happening in real. Wonderful nature's mechanical engineering. You have described it so well that I could actually imagine it .Thanks for sharing
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Sheshadri Ramaswamy <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 - > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
