Another nice set of photographs
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic uploads Raman ji. > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Beautiful Palm!! >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:10 PM, raman <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Cabbage palm is a beautiful and versatile palm, is hence quite popular. >>> It is recognized by its tan-gray, unbranched trunk, and large crown with >>> fanlike leaves. The large leaves have a dull finish and are a medium green, >>> sometimes yellow-green, in color depending on the individual and situation. >>> Each leaf is up to 12 ft long overall including the spineless petioles >>> (leaf stems) which measure about 5-6 ft in length. Leaves emerge directly >>> from the trunk which is often covered with old leaf stem bases that are >>> arranged in an interesting criss-cross pattern. Depending on the individual >>> these may persist to the ground even in very old palms. Cabbage palm grows >>> to a height of 10 - 25 m (32-82 feet), with a stem diameter of >>> approximately 30 - 60 cm. In mid-summer the cabbage palm bears creamy white >>> flowers on a long branched inflorescence that is held completely within the >>> crown. Flowers are followed in late fall or early winter by black and >>> fleshy spherical fruit that is about one third of an inch in diameter >>> >>> Raman >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > >
