Shrikant ji, I regard you as ''David Attenborough of India'', for the style and amount of information you pour about plants... Great learning to all of us...
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:17 AM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected] > wrote: > very nice indeed > usha di > > = > > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:28 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, Shrikant ji, for nice information. >> >> On 11 October 2012 17:46, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> In summer the dry leaf litter on Kas plateau gets crispy dry as the >>> temperature of rocks may reach 56 C. The litter catches fire very easily >>> and the fire spreads with the speed of wind and the whole plateau wears >>> thin layer of ash in minutes. Some plants with underground parts seem to >>> wait for the fire to pass. They apparently send out flowers only after fire >>> to protect flowers/seeds. The fire does not harm underground tubers bulbs >>> and rhizomes. The (invasive) perennials with woody biomass get destroyed. >>> This is how the fire may be helping the annuals. The capsules get crispy in >>> fire and they crack and disperse seeds when they come in contact with first >>> rain. >>> One plant that rises on Kas plateau from the ashes like Phoenix is >>> Drimia polyantha. It has a globose bulb of about 4-5 cm. Fleshy >>> numerous leaves grow in rainy season to provide food for grazing animals. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & place-wise): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1980 members & >> 1,33,000 messages on 30/9/12) or Efloraofindia website: >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database >> of more than 7500 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > > -- > > > > --
