Beautiful photographs Giby ji. Regards Prashant On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote:
> Nice shots Shrikat ji, and valid information. I too have seen large number > of birds foraging nectar from the flowers of this plant in Waynad, Kerala > during last December. Another important thing is that when this plant > flowers there will be lots of active flowers per day and the plant would > not have even single leaf. There are also the adaptations to get more > attention and reward (pollination) from birds. > > Here are my pictures of Acrocarpus taken from Waynad Kerala . Is this a > different species? As far as I know there is only one species of this genus > *A. fraxinifolius *seen in the Western Ghats. > Is this regional variation? > > Thanks and Regards, > Giby > > > > > > On 13 February 2012 18:00, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Again Shots Again Sir >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Another interesting upload from Shrikant ji. Thanks for sharing the >>> information. >>> >>> Regards >>> Prashant >>> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Red flowers are designed to attract birds for pollination and the juice >>>> in the flowers is usually trasparent. Here in Acrocarpus flowers the petals >>>> are small and green yet the stamens are bright scarlet and the juice at the >>>> bottom of flowers is bright scarlet and thick like 'mixed fruit jam'. A >>>> large number of birds are seen flocking on the blooms of this huge tree. >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Shrikant Ingalhalikar >>>> 12, Varshanand Society >>>> Anandnagar, Sinhagad road >>>> Pune 411051. INDIA >>>> Tel. +9120 2435 0765 >>>> www.idsahyadri.com >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
