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.
The wild spider flower, African spider flower, cat whiskers or bustard mustard is an annual wild flower native to Africa but has become widespread in tropical and sub tropical parts of the world. It grows up to 1.5 m. Stem and leaf petioles are thickly grandular. Inflorescence is showy and upto 30 cm in length. The flowers have very long stalks and it measures 1-2.5 cm in diameter, have 4 sepals, 4 petals and 6 stamens with long purple filaments. In many parts of the world the leaf and flowers are used as food or medicine. I took this photograph near the home during my walking stroll in the morning of 25th August, 2011.
Today is my 100th blogging day. I feel happy and satisfied. I thank everyone who supported me. My gratitude to my friend who uplinked the daily postings whenever it was required....
Scientific name: Zinnia elegans Zinnia is perfect for beginners for gardening. This is one of my first garden plants as a child. The brightly coloured, button like blooms are wonderful as borders or beds. Thought it is native to Mexico, is spread across the globe, which is a testimony to its popularity. There are normal and dwarf varieties with single, double or multi-layered flowers with a wide range of colours. This flower was shot on 1st October, 2011 at the Dussehra flower show in Mysore.
Scientific name: Salvia splendens Scarlet sage is one of the most commonly grown ornamental salvia species. It is cultivated in the beds, hedges and pots. It comes in various colours including scarlet, purple, orange, lavendar and yellow. This woody herb grows up to 90 cm tall. Flowers grow in spikes and are two lipped, with flat lower lip and helmet shaped upper lip. The flowers grown in the beds have fascinated me a lot. During the flower shows these flowers are very prominent due to their vibrant colours. The top photo was taken on 26th April, 2011 at Sims Park, Coonoor and the second photo was taken on 3rd October at a flower shown in Mysore.
Scientific name: Phlox paniculata Garden phlox is a plant growing upto 4 feet tall. It is an old time favourite of gardeners across the world. The flowers are in delightful clusters, which bear abundance of flowers in white, pink, rose, red, purple and mix of these colours. Many cultivars have an eye in the center of each flower. The flowers have five overlapping petals. I had this plant while i was working in Bangalore. This photograph was taken on 3rd October, 2011 during Dussehra flower show in Mysore.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America and Columbia. Dahlia hybrids are wonderful garden plants. It comes in different colours and shapes. The size of the flower vary from 2 inches to 10 inches in diameter. The petals also vary from single to honey comb type. It thrives well under good sunlight. This was photographed at Sims Park, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on 26th April, 2011 on a family pleasure trip.
Chinese ixora is found around Myanmar, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and got introduced to India also. It is being cultivated all along tropics for their long lasting flowers. The branchlets of inflorescence is opposite, flowers with corolla tube is 3 - 3.5 cm long, lobes circular obovate, broadly rounded at apex. This flower was photographed on 9th September, 2011 near district court Mysore.
The sandy rebuta is a succulent cactus, beautiful even without blooming. It is native to Bolivia. This is with perfectly neat, symmetrical spines and yellowish orange flowers. The stem forms pups after certain size and age. If you need to see flowers on the plant you should not water it for many days. Scanty watering enough and the soil should be allowed to dry. I planted this one ten years before while i was working in Bangalore. We are moving with it where ever we go. It flowered on 29th April 2011 and am lucky to take the photograph in the morning itself!
