New plant for me too. Thank you for sharing the pictures and information. Regards, Sandhya
On Dec 29, 7:11 pm, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since our school days we are hearing about cladode of Ruscus. In year > 1996 we planted many plants of Ruscus in our college but never seen > with flowers. During our visit to Nouni university we were just > wandering in the campus when we came across this plant. From a little > distance i thought that some type of insects are there on the plant. > When went near to this we were very glad to see the flowers. > This plant is taught as example as cladode, but in true sense it is > not cladode (cladode is a phylloclade of one or two internode and > phylloclade is a flattened stem of several internodes functioning as a > leaf). this is actually a cladophyll. A cladophyll is a flattened leaf > like stem arising in the axils of a minute, bract-like, true leaf. > pls also attached pics > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > cladodes-in-plants.jpeg > 22KViewDownload
