Dear Giby, You are right. There is only one sp. viz A. fraxinifolius. It is possible that the 'mixed fruit jam' at the base of flowers adhares the pollen on the beaks. There is no variation but the tree is not native to Maharashtra. All trees here are planted, yet the birds throng on them ignoring that they are non-native trees. Another eye opener for those who claim that birds recognise non-natives and boycot them. Thanks for nice pictures. Regards, Shrikant
On Feb 13, 9:36 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 > > _GIB2417.jpg > 182KViewDownload > > _GIB2423.jpg > 211KViewDownload > > _GIB2421.jpg > 202KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
