Smiling stars on earth ...

Scientific name: Jacquemontia pentanthos

The sky blue cluster vine is a handsome light cluster. It is native to tropical America and spread across the tropical world, due to the easiness with which it can be grown. The creeper is ideal for covering trellises. The sky blue flowers, when on bloom is a wonderful sight to watch. the stem of the creeper is slender and the leaves are arranged alternatively. The bell shaped flowers are produced in clusters at the ends of long stalks. The name derives from the French botanist Victor Jacquemont who traveled to America and described the flower and the number of stamens (five) the flower has. I took this photograph on 10th September, 2011, near Mysore district court, where it had crawled over a gate and the wall and then to an old building. There were a large number of guests around the flowers before me, who were buzzing around the flowers and the lately joined guest! Today i dedicate this flower to the great botanist who described it.