Vijayasankar ji ... liked very much the title of "David Attenborough of India". Regards. Dinesh
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Rekha Shahane <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >>> =========== >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > -- > > > > --
