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.
Scientific name:Jatropha podagrica The plant is also known as Australian bottle plant or Budha Belly. As the name suggests, the plant has a bottle or belly shaped trunk with clusters of tiny, coral like flowers on long stems and large lobbed leaves, which gives an unusual look. The flowers grow in long stems and are brilliant red in colour, which stand out from the leaves. I observed this plant in many homes and its fruits are very familiar to me, as it is similar to that of common Jatropha. This photograph was taken on 3rd September, 2011 just outside the Directors chamber of CSRTI, Mysore.
The deciduous low to medium ever green shrub is native to Korea and Japan. Leaves are ovate to lance shaped. Funnel shaped flowers are borne in trusses of 2 to 4 blooms and are in shades of lilac, rose, white, etc., with purple spots and fragrance. Can be grown as borders, hedges and fences. I saw this plant in Coonoor and in Ooty in many home gardens. This photograph was taken on 3rd December, 2010 at Coonoor by way side in front of a house, where it was maintained as a hedge cum fence.
Also known as Scarlet cordia has originated from West Indies. It is a small tree, grows upto 25 feet. This is one of the most beautiful trees on account of its attractive flowers. The leaves are ever green and heart shaped. The dark orange, two inches wide flowers appear in clusters at branch tips. It attracts butterflies and bees. Before opening up, the flower buds themselves are a beauty to watch. A few days before while passing through the road leading to District Magistrate Office of Mysore, i just noticed a bunch of attractive orange flowers. But for want of time i could not stop. I returned a week later, in the morning of 11th September, 2011 and took the photograph of this flower.
Allamandas come from South America. This purple allamanda is a beautiful shrubby climber profusely flowering, which easily attracts the attention of every one! The trumpet shaped flowers have radially symmetrical lobes. On first September 2011 i went to the home of former Director of my institute, where i took this photograph. It was a challenging experience, as the cool breeze was continuously blowing around me and the allamanda, i found it so difficult to capture the image.
The Lily of the Nile or Calla lily is native to Southern Africa. If Afrikaans name gives the name that it is pig's ear. This is an elegant and prominent garden plant, a clump forming herbaceous plant arising from tubers with large arrow shaped leaves. The flower consists of orange-yellow finger like spathe surrounding a white spadix. This flower is considered a symbol of purity. These are used as cut flowers for floral arrangement and bridal bouquet. During many of my trips to Sims Park, Coonoor, i have noticed this plant near the glass house. This photograph was taken during my family trip with my sister-in-law, her hubby and kids on 26th April, 2011. As the kids were playing in the lawn, i quetly moved near this plant and took the snap.
Desert rose or Japanese Frangipani is an ever green succulent shrub, native of East Africa. It grows 1-3 m. Leaves are spirally arranged, clustered towards the tips of the shoots. Flowers are beautiful, tubular 2 inches long, pink open trumpet shaped. It is a gardeners delight, because when potted, it tend to become a bonsai, which can be kept as an indoor plant. The sap of its roots and stems are poisonous and have been used as an arrow poison for hunting. I took this photograph on 5th September, 2011 at Mysore, in the home garden of the Uncle and Aunt after a shower, in the beautiful evening.
A succulent, native to Mexico. Cultivated for its fibres that are extracted from the leaves. The plant has large lancolate leaves with thick points and sharp tips. The long spike bears many urceolate yellow-green flowers. It was plenty in my native place and i has seen people cutting the leaves for its fibres. When we travel south Tamil Nadu, it is a common sight that people are harvesting the leaf for its fibre. This photograph i took just outside the chamber of Director, CSRTI, Mysore, on 11th Sept. 2011.
