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.
Chrysanthemum is a genus of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Amongst florists and in the floral industry, they are commonly referred to as "mums". These are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 50-150 cm tall, with deeply lobed leaves and large flowerheads. They belong to the Sunflower family, Compositae. The blooms come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes. This flower was shot from a commercial crop on 5th February, 2012, on the way to Melkote along with my friend and family somewhere after Pandavapura. Special thanks to him for having taken me to that place!
It is a species of perennial flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae and the only member of the genus Platycodon from Greek, meaning 'a broad bell'). This species is known as platycodon or Chinese bellflower. Depending upon the region, it is also referred to as the Japanese bellflower, common balloon flower, or balloon flower. It is native to East Asia (such as China, Korea, Japan, and East Siberia) and bears big blue flowers, although varieties with white and pink flowers are in cultivation. In Korea, white flowers are more common. I took this photograph on 2nd January 2012 in my native place in a plant nursery near Parassala.
February 8, 2012
Botanical name: Tibouchina semidecandra
Princess Flower is an evergreen shrub bearing big beautiful bluish purple flowers. Slender stems are somewhat vine like and grow to about 15 ft. The plant rather spreads around to form 10-12 ft mounds unless pruned into more compact shapes. The simple leaves are velvety green and often tinged with red and are lighter on the undersides. They are large and coarse and 2-4 inches long and 1-1.5 inches wide with 3-5 midribs running the length, typical of the Melastome family. Princess flower blooms heavily in summer and sporadically throughout the year. The brilliant purple flowers are 3 inches in diameter and so vividly colored they appear fluorescent. Princess Flower is native to Brazil, and grown as a garden plant throughout the world. This was shot in Lalbagh, Bangalore flower show on 24th January, 2012.
Originally from Panama and Cuba, Fragrant Panama rose is an evergreen shrub, commonly cultivated in gardens in India. It grows up to 6-10 feet tall, with opposite sessile, ovate to oblong leaves with wavy margins, 2 inches long. From summer to fall, it blooms with beautiful, fragrant reddish orange, tubular flowers with yellow throats. Flowers occur in many-flowered cymes at the end of branches, up to 5 inch across. The botanical name was published by Kunth in 1818 in the fourth edition of Nova Genera et Species Plantarum. The name honored Guillaume Rondelet, a natural historian, physician, and botany instructor at the university in Montpellier, France in the 16th century. This photograph was taken on 1st December, 2011 from the Horticultural park near Mysore Palace.
The bright and beautiful Brunfelsia latifolia or better known as Yesterday Today and Tomorrow. The beautiful Purple lavender and white flowers are large, sweet smelling, are Tropical Perennials and are rarely seen in gardens. It is is a unique plant in that each flower lasts for 3 days. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. This fascinating 2-inch fragrant flowers open purple the first day, then turning lavender the second and almost white on its third day. Brunfelsias are evergreen shrubs from tropical America. There are about 30 species, all with tubular flowers which change colour over successive days. The leaves are alternate and simple, with shapes generally elliptic to ovate. The flowers are large and tubular, with five broad petals. The genus name Brunfelsia commemorates sixteenth century German monk, Otto Brunfels. The species name, bonodora, is from the Latin, and means 'sweet-smelling'. This photograph was taken on 12th October, 2011 in a private nursery (Atmanilayam), which is one of the most popular one in South Kerala, near Parassala.
Beautiful vining shrub covered with very unusual red to dark orange flowers with brown markings resembling rabbit's head with ears. This plant is relatively rare. The flowers look like 1-2 inch hummingbirds with their wings swept back or, from the front, like rabbits ears. They are full of and drip nectar. Blooms in winter-spring. Ruttya never stops blooming all year, making it an ideal patio container plant. They also tolerate a wide range of soil pH. I took this photograph from Lalbagh, Bangalore on 25th January, 2012.
Mysore clock vine, dolls shoes or brick and butter vine is one of the most beautiful vines. It flowers every day of the year, a mature vine bears hundreds of 3" yellow and rust red flowers in spectacularly long hanging chains. Mysore clock vine, is a woody-stemmed, evergreen climbing flowering plant, native to India. The name, mysorensis is derived from the city of Mysore. The vine often reaches 20 feet (6 metres). Oppositely arranged ovate-lancelike leaves are 5-6 inches long, and handsome dark glossy green. Flowers are large, in long pendulous interrupted racemes. This vine is shy of seeding and has to be propagated by layering. Flowers in the cold season. The plant is a popular garden item because of its attractiveness to hummingbirds. While i was around this vine to photograph the flowers, i could see so many honey bees, buzzing around the flowers, enjoying the honey. I took this photograph on 3rd February 2012 from the Horticulture park campus adjacent to the Mysore Palace. Many many thanks to the horticulturists, who nurture this plant and i dedicate to all flower lovers, for which Mysoreans can be proud of!
