The Did You Know Show 16

The Did You Know Show 16

DYK 16 [http://www.archive.org/download/RayDYK16/DYK16.mp3] - the adaptation of plants to desert life...visit www.dykshow.blogspot.com Streaming Audio: Click Below [file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Zilla/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg] Photos of the plants: *Adeniums are examples of pachycaul plants. [https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXfPFh1EoSU1D3FabS_Y8Hsx15bBQ-UjF5vhtFwcuoMt4nGo5WIt6AdHdHbp23E5hvZdzKpbKalRqZdjjSlslkf5cB3PmYSIFyfI3J_0FriKaw-q4Zy88kuOFDCNxpbmTA83E71oC2DyL/s320/Adenium+row+%284%29.JPG]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXfPFh1EoSU1D3FabS_Y8Hsx15bBQ-UjF5vhtFwcuoMt4nGo5WIt6AdHdHbp23E5hvZdzKpbKalRqZdjjSlslkf5cB3PmYSIFyfI3J_0FriKaw-q4Zy88kuOFDCNxpbmTA83E71oC2DyL/s1600-h/Adenium+row+%284%29.JPG *Huge adenium [https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rfJGkLXrNPJZ4ma0H8tn_Jh3wlnvKoKiElBoR2aqanFs5DDgMGyY8NgmHU0lqF-u-ICq9yt6Mp4kcZT72v27MNJQDfCtrlf-LjGFQlLbtBYs0GZG61-3F8yjOMUOP-1yyG8Y8mr9H4cM/s320/Adenium+socotranum.jpg]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rfJGkLXrNPJZ4ma0H8tn_Jh3wlnvKoKiElBoR2aqanFs5DDgMGyY8NgmHU0lqF-u-ICq9yt6Mp4kcZT72v27MNJQDfCtrlf-LjGFQlLbtBYs0GZG61-3F8yjOMUOP-1yyG8Y8mr9H4cM/s1600-h/Adenium+socotranum.jpg *the Creosote Push - an example of a plant that can remove water from the soil so effectively that it needs little storage and no CAM. [https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5scvep7GUzChSSVIosZ7b4pdLXw11V_L9EpWeu6676ZCIQyiQIHR-QIgeSR0HsLvuvnNvt5aOQ4c6L2QJFLcEXN6w_mzxxC63fLFpz7RhxoOGW-bWPBBU1gQiWpqNCEdbx-IG7KkTV8vy/s320/Larrea+tridentata+%284%29.JPG]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5scvep7GUzChSSVIosZ7b4pdLXw11V_L9EpWeu6676ZCIQyiQIHR-QIgeSR0HsLvuvnNvt5aOQ4c6L2QJFLcEXN6w_mzxxC63fLFpz7RhxoOGW-bWPBBU1gQiWpqNCEdbx-IG7KkTV8vy/s1600-h/Larrea+tridentata+%284%29.JPG *View Fred's Photo Album [http://picasaweb.google.com/fredhaase302] - (The Asphodelaceae, which includes Aloes and Haworthias, show some CAM plants with their succulent leaves. The Agavaceae, the Aizoaceae, the Bromeliaceae are also CAM plants with their succulent leaves. The Cactaceae are stem succulent CAM plants. The Apocynaceae show pachycaul plants.) *Baobab Trees [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Baobab+tree.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=3uYeSvedLKf0tAOL_tGMCQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title], the largest of the pachycal plants.