Sunday, 21 August 2011

Bursting seed pods

Hi  All,  here is a clip of  bursting  seed  pod that is found  on a plant  about  two feet  long in India.
Once the  pods become  dark brown  it can be plucked.  It  bursts  when  exposed  water within  seconds scattering  small seeds.   The  empty  pod  has  rows  of teeth-like points inside like a  crocodile.

Friday, 19 August 2011

Seeds Germinating inside Tomato






Recently,   I was astonished  when  my wife  showed  me  portion of tomato that she had cut.  What was surprising  in it  was  it had its own seeds germinating   in-vivo  ie, several  of its own seeds  germinating inside the ripe tomato in various stages.  What  was more shocking  is that, two of  the young seedlings  had the two leaves  in green  colour...how was it getting chlorophyl inside  the tomato?.  Unfortunately,  I couldnt  take  pictures at  that very  moment,  due to some unavoidable circumstances  and thought that  I would  take the pics later and kept  the  tomato in the refrigator and forgot  about  it.  Two  days later I  was  reminded , but  by that time, the tomato's conditon  went  soft and watery.  However,  I have  taken  some  record shots.

Later, I did  some online  research  to see  whether  mine was  unique  case or  not.  But  curiously enough, I found  similar thread on a forum  http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg101852437749.html
But  the difference  in my case  is that  my tomato was  purchased  from a market where  it is supplied fresh without  ANY  refrigeration whatsoever  and at most  it was a day old.