tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16305811103375159072011-11-27T16:32:43.350-08:00Fascinating Aspects of NatureDr. Ruta Inamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09514674159291153729noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630581110337515907.post-83004354744385983532008-05-30T04:31:00.000-07:002008-12-11T22:15:06.242-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_uOfJc1pI/AAAAAAAAAJk/fXnBgYZV558/s1600-h/DSC02129.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206141626910299794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_uOfJc1pI/AAAAAAAAAJk/fXnBgYZV558/s400/DSC02129.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_r9_Jc1oI/AAAAAAAAAJc/mRe4EnHqQ7I/s1600-h/DSC02305.JPG"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Natures Beauty<br /></strong></span><em><strong>Number of flowers do not depend on size of the container.<br />It depends on the nutrition.<br /></strong></em>Manure we use is finely chopped stems of green leafy vegetables.</a></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206139144419202690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_r9_Jc1oI/AAAAAAAAAJc/mRe4EnHqQ7I/s400/DSC02305.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_qbvJc1mI/AAAAAAAAAJM/oxRDQIsHj0s/s1600-h/DSC02182.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206137456497055330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_qbvJc1mI/AAAAAAAAAJM/oxRDQIsHj0s/s400/DSC02182.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_p0vJc1lI/AAAAAAAAAJE/HztOoq4Rj5c/s1600-h/DSC02181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206136786482157138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_p0vJc1lI/AAAAAAAAAJE/HztOoq4Rj5c/s400/DSC02181.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_o-PJc1kI/AAAAAAAAAI8/yRLJ1shu2v8/s1600-h/DSC02180.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206135850179286594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SD_o-PJc1kI/AAAAAAAAAI8/yRLJ1shu2v8/s400/DSC02180.JPG" border="0" /></a> These are Dianthus flowers.</div><div>Botanical name is <em>Dianthus </em></div><div>Common name is Sweet William<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></strong></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1630581110337515907-8300435474438598353?l=drrutainamdarnaturelover.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dr. Ruta Inamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09514674159291153729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1630581110337515907.post-57759996964353295502007-01-14T22:01:00.000-08:002008-12-11T22:15:08.012-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwjpJQ1IHI/AAAAAAAAAH8/rPlL7Q4yx5c/s1600-h/DSC01298.JPG"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><strong>2007 -</strong></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwbG5Q1ICI/AAAAAAAAAHU/BdsyweD_Cqc/s1600-h/DSC01364.JPG"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#003300;"><strong>2008</strong></span></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Seasons are much stabilized as compared to last two years.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">There were heavy rains. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Cold started late in December and continued till Feb. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Temperature touched lowest in last 25 yrs.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Now summer is very hot as compared to earlier years.<br /></span><span style="color:#006600;"> According to Marathi Calender, February- March is month Chaitra. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#006600;">Old leaves are shed and Chaitra Palavi i.e. new leaves come. </span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>Here are pictures of Badam Tree showing this miracle of nature</strong>.</span> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196067259846828146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwjpJQ1IHI/AAAAAAAAAH8/rPlL7Q4yx5c/s400/DSC01298.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwirZQ1IGI/AAAAAAAAAH0/3Vw77M6gayk/s1600-h/DSC01301.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196066198989906018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwirZQ1IGI/AAAAAAAAAH0/3Vw77M6gayk/s400/DSC01301.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwhjpQ1IFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Y5r244PvRBc/s1600-h/DSC01302.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196064966334292050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwhjpQ1IFI/AAAAAAAAAHs/Y5r244PvRBc/s400/DSC01302.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwgsJQ1IEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/YxDiu1eNZbM/s1600-h/DSC01337.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196064012851552322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwgsJQ1IEI/AAAAAAAAAHk/YxDiu1eNZbM/s400/DSC01337.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwftJQ1IDI/AAAAAAAAAHc/jSb6T74WRZI/s1600-h/DSC01338.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196062930519793714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwftJQ1IDI/AAAAAAAAAHc/jSb6T74WRZI/s400/DSC01338.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196057875343286306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/SBwbG5Q1ICI/AAAAAAAAAHU/BdsyweD_Cqc/s400/DSC01364.JPG" border="0" /> ---------------------</div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">2007</span></strong><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczM4W4mjBI/AAAAAAAAAFI/D9HZkFS0xoo/s1600-h/peepal+new+clothes.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029620152453729298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczM4W4mjBI/AAAAAAAAAFI/D9HZkFS0xoo/s400/peepal+new+clothes.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#333300;">Peepal tree,"<em>Mummy,Mummy, today is new year eve. See how nicely humans are dressed up. Mamma, even I want new clothes!</em>" </span></strong><br /></div><div><strong><u><span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;">Mamma got beautiful clothes for Peepal tree on new year eve!</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#006600;"><br /></div></span><br /><div align="left"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Hello!</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>I am a nature lover. </strong></span><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Are you?</strong></span><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Then feel free to exchange your experiences with nature.</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>I love nature.</strong> </span></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">But, being a scientist, I try to analyse the changes occuring in nature in relation to global warming and changing environment.</span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">It was new year eve.</span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">I peeped out of my window and was surprised to see the <span style="color:#333333;">peepal (Saccred Ficus - </span><em><span style="color:#333333;">Ficus religiosa)</span> </em>tree outside.</span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">It had shed old leaves and was wearing small buds of new leaves.</span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">I was quite surprised!</span></strong><br /></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">For years together, leaves are shed by he end of February or stating of march.</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Why it happened by december end?</span></strong> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>And the new leaves are maturing very slowly</strong></span> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Do you have any explanation?</span></strong><br /></div><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025057477549640498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RbyXJuVESzI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/zJ8kQxflAWE/s400/Banyan+tree+new+clothes.JPG" border="0" /> <u><span style="font-size:85%;color:#009900;"><strong><em>Even Banyan tree asked mother earth for new clothes and mama got it !</em></strong></span></u><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#333333;">Banyan tree in India is <em>Ficus benghalensis</em></span></strong> </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></p></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczFBG4mi_I/AAAAAAAAAE4/g5egzssjHVk/s1600-h/Pangara+2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029611506684562418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczFBG4mi_I/AAAAAAAAAE4/g5egzssjHVk/s400/Pangara+2.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;"><em><u>But Pangara tree was not all that lucky.<br /></u><u>Mamma could not give new clothes to it!</u></em></span></strong><br /><strong><em><u><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;">And Finally it fell down!</span></u></em></strong> </div><div><p><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc9933;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;">Two years back till 2005, by the end of February, Pangara tree used to dress up beutifully in orange red as in the pictur below.</span></span></strong><br /></p><p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczEM24mi-I/AAAAAAAAAEw/UciqqMkif-w/s1600-h/pangara.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029610609036397538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2ya3HHblLYE/RczEM24mi-I/AAAAAAAAAEw/UciqqMkif-w/s400/pangara.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">(This image is from <a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/">http://www.astro.caltech.edu/</a>)</span><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong></strong></span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>Out of the five trees in our campus, two fell down. </strong></span><br /></p><p><span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>Three remaining are with crippled leaves.</strong></span><br /></p><p><span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>They do not bloom.</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">And now in 2008, no Pangara tree is remaining in our campus.</span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000099;"><u>Are they becoming Extinct?</u> </span></strong><strong><u><span style="color:#000099;">Due to Global Warming?</span> </u></strong><br /></p><p align="center"><strong>How can we save these trees?<br /></strong>Pangara /Mandar/ Indian Coral tree is <em>Erythrina indica</em></p><p align="center"><em>--------------------</em></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><em><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></em></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p align="left"><strong><span style="color:#009900;"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></p></span></strong></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1630581110337515907-5775999696435329550?l=drrutainamdarnaturelover.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dr. Ruta Inamdarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09514674159291153729noreply@blogger.com0