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.
A rembling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate silky leaves and powder puff like balls of conspicuous stamens. It is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. The leaves close at night. There are red, pin and white varieties. When i was working at Palakkad during 1992-1997, i was so enthralled with this flower that i bought a sapling and planted in the P2 Basic Seed Farm campus of Central Silk Board. Recently i came to know from my friend that the plant is growing well and flowering wonderfully. This photograph was taken on 24th January 2012 from Lalbagh, Bangalore.
