Thanks for your appreciation Rathinasabapathy ji and Tanay ji Many thanks Tanay ji for introducing me to this interesting phenomenon of photoperiodism . I did not know about it
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Very interesting fact Madhuri Ji .... > This a nice example of photoperiodism > Tanay > > > On 6 January 2012 01:38, Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good catch Mam. >> >> Regards, >> BRS >> >> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> April 2011 >>> Maranta zebrina >>> Family Marantaceae >>> I have this plant in 4 pots for many years and none ever flowered, in >>> fact I thought it never flowers. Due to some plumbing work in my society in >>> Jan 2011 which went on for quite sometime I had to unwillingly shift the >>> pots of this plant to an area in my garden without any shade . One day in >>> April I suddenly saw this woody looking whorled spike with 2 violet blue >>> petal like flowers. It gave me immense joy as I never knew that this plant >>> flowers and that too has such an unusual and beautiful wavy spike. It was a >>> moment I will never forget. Gradually all the flowers bloomed in the spike. >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> B. Rathinasabapathy >> Project Co-ordinator >> Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park >> 1388, Avinashi Road >> Peelamedu >> Coimbatore-641004 >> >> <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > *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) > [email protected] > *Webpages:* > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html > http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ > > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
