The Unique Feature Of Kas

Plateau: KARVI

Botanical name:

Flowering on each year.Local name: Common coneheadBotanical name: Karviya calos

Flowering after each seven yearsLocal name: Mal karvi/ Topli karviBotanical name: Pliocols richi

Flowering after each twelve yearsLocal name: Hill coneheadBotanical name: Nilgirianthus reticulata

SPECIES: SMITHIYA(KWLA)

SUBSPECIES:

1.HIRSUTA(KANDIL KWLA)

2.SENSITIVA(LAJALU KWLA)

3.SETYULOSA(MOTHAN KWLA)

4.PERPURIA(BARKA KWLA)

SPECIES: UTRICULERIA(SITECHI AASW)

SUBSPECIES:

1.GRAMINIFOLIA(KHAR PAPNI)

2.PERPURASENCE(SITECHI AASW)

3.RETICULATA(NILI PAPNI)

4.STELARIS(PAN PAPNI)

5.STAYTULA(CHIRE PAPNI)

THEY EXCLUSIVELY FEED ON MICROORGANISMS.

THERE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ARE PRESENT ON

ROOTS.

THEY USE TO TRAP WATER FLOW,

RICH IN

MICROORGANISMS.

DIGEST THEM WITH THE HELP OF

SPECIAL

SECRITIONS.

TO OVERCOME THE DEFFICIANCY

OF NUTIENTS

THEY USE THIS MECHANISM

SPECIES:ARIOCOLON

SUBSPECIES:

1.SEGWIK(GEND,AAKASHGEND)

2.TUBERIFERUM(PANGEND)

EXCLUSIVE FOR KAS PLATEAU.

15cm TO 20cm IN LENGTH.

ALSO FOUND IN BLUE, YELLOW, BLACK

COLOURS SHADES.

COMMON NAME: JAMBHALI CHIRAYAT

COMMON NAME: NILI CHIRAYAT

COMMON NAME: CUP-SAUCER FLOWER

COMMON NAME: PAND

COMMON NAME: NABHALI

SPEDIES:ASTARSI

COMMON NAMES OF SUBSPECIES: SONKI, SONSLI,

SONTIKLI, SONSRI, LAJWANTI.

•Presence of ray flowers in the form of

cluster of 5 to 50 flowers arranged on a

disc flower.

•Take part in reproduction.

SPECIES:ZINZIBRESI

SUBSPECIES:

1.CURCUMA PSEUDOMONTANA(RANHALAD)

2.CURCUMA NILGIRIANSIS(GOURIHAR)

COMMON NAME: RANPAWTA

SPECIES: ASTERCY

COMMON NAME: KALI MUSALI

COMMON NAME: ABOLIMA

SPECIES:SEROPEJIYA(KANDILFUL)

SUBSPECIES:1.SAHYADRICA(PANDHARI KHARCHUDI)2.OCULATA(MOR KHARCHUDI)3.HIRSUTA(HAMNA)4.MIDIYA(KHARCHUDI)5.JENI6.WINSIFOLIA

THE SPECIAL PROPERTY OF THIS KIND OF FLOWERS IS

THEY HAVE A INSECT TRAPING SYSTEM NOT TO EAT,BUT FOR POLLENATION.

THERE ARE MORE THAN 70 TYPES FOUN IN WORLD.

AND MORE THAN 20 IN SAHYADRI RENGES.

THEY HAVE A BEAUTYFUL OPENIG FROM WHICHPOLENNETING INSECT KIDNAPED FOR SOMETIME.

THAT INSECT WILL TRY TO COME OUT AND ITSVIGUROUS STRIVE FOR SURVIVAL REASULTS IN POLLONATION.

AFTER THAT FLOWER RELEASES THE INSECT.

DUE TO INSECT SPECIFICITY FOR POLLONATION KANDILFUL ADOPT THIS KIND OF MECHANISM.

ORCHID IS THE WORLDS BEST FLOWER FAMILY.

MORE THAD 25,000 SPECIES OF ORCHIDS FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THE SUBSPECIES ‘HBENARIYA’ LATIN MEANING ‘A BRIDLE’ AND ITS MORE THAN 10 TYPES FOUND ON KAS.

ITS NAME HBENARIYA DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF TRUNK LIKE SUBPETAL .

IN MARATHI IT IS CALLED AS ‘AAMRI’.

THE TYPES COMMONLY FOUND ON KAS ARE: 1) AAKASH AAMRI2) PIWALI AAMRI3) HIRVI AAMRI4) LAL CHPTI AAMRI5) CHIRE AAMRI6) BAHULI AMRI7) KANGWA AAMRI8) AASHADH AAMRI9) SHEPUTWALI AAMRI10) PACHGANI AAMRI

HERE ARE SOME ORCHIDS WICH ARE PARASITICIN NATUR.

YOU CAN OBESERVE AERIAL ROOTS AND

PENITRATING ROOTS

SOME OF THEM ARE AUTOTROPHS ALSO.

THEY AMEZINGLY HAVE ONLY ROOT, SINGLE LEAF, AND A SINGLE FLOWER STUCTURE.

THEY USE TO GROW ONLY ONCE AS LEAF,PRODUSE A SINGLE FLOWER AND DIE.

THERE LIFE CYCLE COMPLETE ONLY IN 6 TO 7 DAYS.

LICHENS ARE THE SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION

OF ALGAE AND FUNGI.

ON KAS YOU CAN OBSERVE ‘CORTICOLOUS LICHENS’, THOSE GROWING ON THE BARK OF TREES.

‘SAXICOLOUS’ ARE THOSE GROWING ROCKS

MOSSES