Thanks a lot Shrikant ji. Nice informative upload. Regards Prashant On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks a lot Shrikant ji for this interesting upload. > > > -- > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wonderful and intriguing lifecycle ... thank you very much Shrikant ji >> for sharing the photos and knowledge. >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:09 AM, shrikant ingalhalikar < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I hope 2 images posted earlier aroused enough curiosity. >>> >>> The aquatic plant with most curious life cycle on the Kas Plateau- At >>> the begining of monsoon, as soon as water collects in the depression on the >>> plateau, a pink bud (Curious 1) rises above through the wet ground. The >>> stalk grows very rapidly to about 10 cm and the bud opens up to disguise >>> like a flower (Curious 2). This is actually the capsule of Cryptocoryne >>> spiralis, of Araceae. The seeds get dispersed in shallow flowing water and >>> germinate. The plant then grows a cluster of cauline leaves in wet season >>> (Curious 3), the corm lying well below the ground. At the end of rainy >>> season a spadix inflorescence grows from the base of the plant (Curious 4) >>> and sends out a spiral spathe above the ground. The insects enter through >>> the spiral entrance and pollinate the underground spadix. The capsule and >>> seeds remain underground (Crypt) and await the next rainy season to emerge >>> above ground. Many Araceae plants have elongating peduncle like this one, >>> some even bury themselves from above when the ground is still wet. All this >>> is to protect seeds below ground till the wet season. >>> >>> I conclude my contribution to Kas episode with this plant that >>> fascinates me the most. Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > > > > --
