Flora Picture of the year- 2009

Alok Goyal

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Dec 30, 2009, 1:54:23 AM12/30/09

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Hallo all

This is my submission for the flora picture of the year-2009. inspired to some extent by David Attenborough's "private life of plants" i keep looking for some less noticed structures on the plants which enhance their attraction, used in defense or for any other purpose other than the routine.

The leaf is that of Erythrina suberosa. its a young leaf which is almost all covered with a lot of hair. the base of leaf is possesses these extrafloral nectaries which stand out of the hair covering the young parts. the nectaries probably act in plant defense by attracting ants which feed on the nectar produced by these nectaries. these ants inturn protect the plant, flowers and flower buds from insect pests.

Alok

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 30, 2009, 2:05:44 AM12/30/09

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Thanks, Alok ji.

Your posting shows the changes in general which emerged from the Year 2009 on Indiantreepix.
Lovely composition & description!!!

2009/12/30 Alok Goyal <alok...@gmail.com>

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JANAKI TURAGA

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Dec 30, 2009, 2:27:18 AM12/30/09

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dear alok

Very nice and innovative!

thanks for posting this!

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janaki turaga

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Aparna Watve

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Dec 30, 2009, 7:38:51 AM12/30/09

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Dear Alokji lovely picture! I felt motivated to contribute one I have tried
It is leaf of Jatropha gossypifolia, and the glands I tried to
highlight in the pic- look like a string of lights
Happy New Year to all of you.
Aparna

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J.M. Garg

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Dec 30, 2009, 7:46:29 AM12/30/09

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Lovely capture, Aparna ji.

2009/12/30 Aparna Watve <aparna...@gmail.com>

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Satish Phadke

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Dec 30, 2009, 10:07:16 AM12/30/09

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Great pictures by Alok and Aparna
You have highlighted a very interesting and different aspect about plant life.
I Certainly got inspired to look at these aspects while observing the plant life henceforth
Thanks for sharing
Dr Satish Phadke

2009/12/30 Alok Goyal <alok...@gmail.com>

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Gurcharan Singh

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Dec 30, 2009, 10:20:15 AM12/30/09

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I have this one in the series of photographs of vegetative parts: Again Jatropha gossypifolia

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Pinki

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Dec 30, 2009, 11:45:57 PM12/30/09

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Really beautiful pictures Aparna ji and Gurcharan Singh ji. Your
photographs highlight some of the very hidden and beautiful aspects of
this common plant. Sorry to use these words but i must say that i am
compelled to use the word 'really hot n sexy' for plant world....

Alok

On Dec 30, 7:20 am, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have this one in the series of photographs of vegetative parts: Again
> Jatropha gossypifolia
>
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> Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> Associate Professor
> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Satish Phadke <phadke.sat...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Great pictures by Alok and Aparna
> > You have highlighted a very interesting and different aspect about plant
> > life.
> > I Certainly got inspired to look at these aspects while observing the plant
> > life henceforth
> > Thanks for sharing
> > Dr Satish Phadke
>

> > 2009/12/30 Alok Goyal <alok12...@gmail.com>

>
> > Hallo all
>
> >> This is my submission for the flora picture of the year-2009. inspired to
> >> some extent by David Attenborough's "private life of plants" i keep looking
> >> for some less noticed structures on the plants which enhance their
> >> attraction, used in defense or for any other purpose other than the
> >> routine.
> >> The leaf is that of Erythrina suberosa. its a young leaf which is almost
> >> all covered with a lot of hair. the base of leaf is possesses these
> >> extrafloral nectaries which stand out of the hair covering the young parts.
> >> the nectaries probably act in plant defense by attracting ants which feed on
> >> the nectar produced by these nectaries. these ants inturn protect the plant,
> >> flowers and flower buds from insect pests.
>
> >> Alok
>
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R. Vijayasankar

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Dec 31, 2009, 3:54:23 AM12/31/09

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Dear all,

This topic is becoming very interesting and inviting participation. Thanks Alok ji for the initiation. Most of the times the non-floral characters such as presence of latex, glands, thorns etc also contribute for arriving at correct identification. We, during our explorations, always remember to capture these interesting aspects. For example, after knowing the importance of number of seeds in idying Crotalaria, i started taking pictures of seeds too (see pic). Sharing few pictures showing key features, with you all!

Another pet subject of mine is 'intra-specific variations' in plants. We have included these subjects (variations, morphological features etc) in the curriculum of our 'training on plant identification and herbarium techniques'.

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2010.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar
FRLHT, Bangalore

crotalaria quinquefolia_split open pod showing seeds.JPG

terminalia chebula_oblong fruits.JPG

flacourtia ramontchi_spines on lower trunk.jpg

morinda umbellata_quenching thirst in forest.jpg

morinda umbellata_yielding water.jpg

secamone emetica_stem with corky protruberences.jpg

Pinki

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Dec 31, 2009, 6:13:52 AM12/31/09

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Thankyou very much Garg Ji and Turaga ji

Alok

On Dec 29, 11:27 pm, JANAKI TURAGA <janakitur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> dear alok
> Very nice and innovative!
> thanks for posting this!
> kind regards
> janaki turaga
>

> On 12/30/09, Alok Goyal <alok12...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hallo all
>
> > This is my submission for the flora picture of the year-2009. inspired to
> > some extent by David Attenborough's "private life of plants" i keep looking
> > for some less noticed structures on the plants which enhance their
> > attraction, used in defense or for any other purpose other than the
> > routine.
> > The leaf is that of Erythrina suberosa. its a young leaf which is almost
> > all covered with a lot of hair. the base of leaf is possesses these
> > extrafloral nectaries which stand out of the hair covering the young parts.
> > the nectaries probably act in plant defense by attracting ants which feed on
> > the nectar produced by these nectaries. these ants inturn protect the plant,
> > flowers and flower buds from insect pests.
>
> > Alok
>
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