Denish C's photos

Dying flower of a touch-me-not plant (mimosa pudica). The flower is beautiful, but the plant is an invasive problem for farmers in many tropical countries. Few grazing animals will eat it because the plant reacts to touch and vibration by closing its leaves and the stems have sharp spines on them. I have seen this plant advertised in the west as a "rare curiosity" for growing indoors. It is not rare, it is prolific in Asia and South America and is a constant problem to farmers and market gardeners. If it ever adapts to Western climates, farmers and gardeners there will regret it.

Flower of a touch-me-not plant (mimosa pudica). The flower is beautiful, but the plant is an invasive problem for farmers in many tropical countries. Few grazing animals will eat it because the plant reacts to touch and vibration by closing its leaves and the stems have sharp spines on them.. I have seen this plant advertised in the west as a "rare curiosity" for growning indoors. It is not rare, it is prolific in Asia and South America and is a constant problem to farmers and market gardeners. If it ever adapts to Western climates, farmers and gardeners there will regret it.

"I love you my darling!" Banyan trees embracing another tree in Peradeniya Botanical Garden, Kandy, Sri Lanka. Eventually the banyans will strangle the host tree and it will die. The banyans will then also die as they have nothing to feed on but they will have passed on their genes through seeds. These type of banyan are therefore also known as "strangler figs". Murder in slow motion!

Bodhi leaf 1. Graphics Pad - Experiment 3. Bo leaf photograph by me, Buddha image free from the web.

Exposed tree roots on a roadside embankment.

Sedge bush. The leaves of this plant were up to 2 metres long.

Tree tops, Sri Lankan tropical rain-forest.

Pine needle foliage, Sri Lanka.

Seed heads of wild grass, Sri Lanka.

Jungle scene near Kandy, central Sri Lanka. Technically this type of rain forest is known as tropical wet sub-montane forest. It supports an extremely wide range of vegetation and wild life. And human beings, of course.

Bark peeled by ants and other animals from a rain forest tree in Sri Lanka.

Lichens, mosses and fungi on a Sri Lankan rain forest tree.

Rain forest tree with bark stripped by ants and other animals.

Wild grass seed head.

Young man looking up at the sky - 3.

Two friends at the beach with talking fingers.

Boy with a fish.

Portrait of a happy young man.