Oh! that would be wonderful to watch the video. Thanks for sharing the photo of the sapling.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Sheshadri Ramaswamy < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes Madhuri ji, > > If German engineers watch this sequence they will freeze and watch in awe ! > This season I will try to videograph it so all of us can watch the seed > dispersal from this beautiful fruit of millions of years of evolution. > > Even raising saplings of C.religiosum is interesting as well. > Observe the food storage mechanism(bulge) in the roots of seedlings and > the long roots designed to anchor well in rock crevices. > This photo was taken when transferring seedlings from raised beds into > polybags in one of our nurseries, pl find attachment. > > Regards > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
