great information Shrikant ji with beautiful photograph and thanks for sharing it really.
regards, -rekha. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> =========== >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
