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.
Balloon Vine is a woody perennial vine distributed almost globally in the tropics. It is a fast growing vine up to 10 feet. Leaves are trifoliate, up to 4 inches long, with highly lobed leaflets. The plant climb with tendrils and needs some form of support. The small white flowers bloom from summer through fall, flowers are not very showy. The fruit is more interesting, from which the plant gets its common name. It is a brown, thin-shelled, inflated angled capsule up to 3 cm across, containing 3 black seeds each, with a white heart-shaped scar. On this valentin's day, it would be appropriate to uplink this flower, wherein the heart (symbol of love) is inscribed into the seeds. I took this photograph on 5th February, 2012, near my lab.
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English common name for these plants is simply gladiolus. The genus is distributed in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and South Africa. Gladiolus is one of the most widely cultivated cut flowers across the globe. They are available in so many colours and varieties. This has immensely attracted my attention and i had a variety of them in my garden while residing in Bangalore. This photograph was taken during the Dussehra flowers show in Mysore during 1st October 2011.
This attractive foliage plant is great for containers and borders. Most annuals are grown for the color their flowers provide. Instead of colorful flowers, coleus offers incredibly colorful foliage in a variety of interesting shapes and sizes. Although coleus will usually survive in sun, the color of the leaves is enhanced in the shade. Small, insignificant flowers will appear late summer. This photograph was taken on 1st December 2011 at the horticultural park near Mysore Palace.
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.
