Saluting every life with a flower each day! Flowers are soul of the planet, blooming to play music with silent notes. Smile at them as they are sweet hearted!! Only the photographs taken by me are uplinked. I lean heavily to http://www.flowersofindia for flower identification and descriptions. Looking forward to valuable comments and suggestions.
This plant is also known as Indian shot and is native to Caribbean and tropical America. This popular ornamental plant grows upto to 1.5 m. The flowers are red, orange, yellow or variegated and easily steals the attention, due to the virbrant colours. The seeds are black, spherical and resembles shotgun pellets and hence the name, Indian shot. The perfectly round hard shells have surprised my daughter, just when i opened the pods. The seeds are used in natural jewelry as beads. The plant is very common in Mysore. I usually see it on my way to my work and also on my walking tracks. This photograph was taken on August 28th, 2011 from a house in front of my Institute.
