tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post2576500976860696982..comments2024-03-25T09:31:36.926+01:00Comments on Furahan Biology and Allied Matters: Red leaves, swaying in an alien breeze...Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-57741071045037547862014-01-11T02:44:50.905+01:002014-01-11T02:44:50.905+01:00The tree reminds me of a peanut plant, the way the...The tree reminds me of a peanut plant, the way the branches curve down to the ground like the peanut plant's spears do. Now that I think about it, peanut plants look pretty "alien" too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-14442668520447358702013-12-21T15:12:19.358+01:002013-12-21T15:12:19.358+01:00Jan: no, there is no good explanation for the hole...Jan: no, there is no good explanation for the holes. Part of an answer may lie in the following: laves cannot be too big or they will be torn in the wind. This is less of a problem when there is little wind, something seen on the floor level of jungles. That seems to be where you see either very large uncut leaves or leaves with indentations. Perhaps the holes and indentations are a halfway solution between many separate small leaves and one large unbroken surface. leavesSigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-83712586145509996192013-12-05T11:25:20.041+01:002013-12-05T11:25:20.041+01:00Thank you, I did not notice Eponan lattice trunks....Thank you, I did not notice Eponan lattice trunks. I think that forming complex lattice trunk would be complicated, but not unsolvable. They just need to retain some conections between the secondary stems (which started as branches, I suppose) as they grow from the central trunk. <br /><br />Btw, those holey leaves look great. Is there some explanation for their shape?Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-44001034210924260332013-12-03T18:26:16.648+01:002013-12-03T18:26:16.648+01:00Petr: thank you
Jan. Interesting: a tower with a ...Petr: thank you<br /><br />Jan. Interesting: a tower with a broad base in which the forces are carried by a lattice work. You could say that the broad base has the same function as a buttress root, and those are certainly present in Furahan trees. <br /> A lattice is definitely feasible, but you have to think how it is formed. Some Furahan shrubs defend themselves against herbivores by growing hard thorn-studded branches that interlock with one another, making it difficult to avoid thorns. But the connections between the thorns are mechanical only, and they do not share water or metabolites directly. Eponan trees do have lattice trunks, and in their case the openings in the lattice are formed secondarily in an initial cylindrical shape. <br /><br />http://planetfuraha.blogspot.nl/2009/04/epona-ii.html <br /><br />http://planetfuraha.blogspot.nl/2010/10/epona-reconnaissance-flight-epona-v.html Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-55410685250677825562013-12-03T12:03:19.367+01:002013-12-03T12:03:19.367+01:00Thank for the new post. I wonder if furahan trees ...Thank for the new post. I wonder if furahan trees could form something more sophisticated, for example http://www.elearning-africa.com/eLA_Newsportal/wp-content/uploads/Radio_Tower_Lamesley..jpgJannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-27541543670780598092013-12-02T09:31:56.352+01:002013-12-02T09:31:56.352+01:00awesome post! :) Interesting new plants!awesome post! :) Interesting new plants!Petrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537642993606964893noreply@blogger.com