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.
Spade flower or pink ladies slipper is a tiny herb with pretty pink flowers. It is observed in most part of India. Leaves are linear, lance like. Pink-purple spade shaped flowers occur solitarily. Sepals 3-4 mm long. Lower petal is broad with deep purple veins. I was very enthusiastic about these plants from my childhood, as they were plenty around my home. Again i noticed them in Mysore in the institute campus, where i work. This flower was photographed on 20th December, 2011 adjacent to home in my native place, Ponvila, near Parassala in Trivandrum district of Kerala state.
Sugar apple or custard apple is a small tropical tree, native to Amazone rain forests. It grows to a height of 20'. The leaves are thin and oblong, flowers are oblong, 1 to 1.5" long, greenish yellow in colour. The flowers are with 3 fleshy outer petals, which never opens fully. The fruit is very tasty, and i am very fond of it! This tree is cultivated around the world for its delicious fruits. This photograph was taken on 20th Dcember, 2011 just in front of my home in my native which is planted and nurtured by my father.
The little iron weed or purple feabane is an annual or short lived perennial grown to a height of 50 cm, with ovate leaves. The stems branch repeatedly to hold the small cylindrical purple flower heads. If flowers throughout the year and has become a pantropical weed. I was curious about this plant as it has grown in my garden as an uninvited guest but pleased me with its tiny cute flower heads! This photograph was taken on 19th December, 2011 just near my sister's home in Trinvandrum district of Kerala.
Mouse ear coreopsis, or mouse ear tickseed or Auricled tickseed is a perennial herb, but grown as an annual in Indian garden. The species name auriculate means eared, in reference to the ear like lobes at the base of many of the leaves. The flower stalks can be up to 15 cm long. The beautiful petals are golden yellow, elegantly toothed at the tip. This photo was taken on 19th December, 2011 in my sister's home in my native place.
Roundleaf bindweed is an annual herb, with creeping stems and small rounded leaves alternatively arranged. The small white flowers are formed 1-2 per axil and are 7-88 mm across. In my childhood i have seen them profusely growing around my home and adjoining areas with innumerable star like white flowers. We used to pick them with other small and tiny flowers to play. Recently while visiting my home, i had the nostalgic feeling after seeing them flowered in front of my home and i photographed them on 18th December, 2011.
