Dear Colonel: I am always eager to look at your pictures of birds and butterflies enjoying fruits , esp on your banyan trees... my question today is... where is this Krishna fig or Krishna-bot growing? How did you get it? from seeds, seedling or cutting? Thanks Usha di.
On Apr 4, 7:39 pm, Col Bimal Sarkar <colbimalsar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Attaching two images.One is of a butterfly ( Plain Tiger On > Haliotropa )and the other of Ficus Krishna.This is what Dr Venakatesh says > about Ficus Krishna. > " Ficus Krishna ( KRISHNA FIG ) is an unusual variant of the > Banyan.Its leaves which are smaller than those of the Banyan have a pocket > like pouchon their back at the baseabove the leaf stalk.The religious persons > believe that this is because Lord Krishna used them to scoop out butter." > Regards > Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar > Mobile: 9434194942 > > Symbiosis 8.jpg > 73KViewDownload > > Ficus Krishna.jpg > 78KViewDownload
