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.
Potato tree, Giant Star Potato Tree is native to Brazil, Potato tree is a small tree widely cultivated in the tropics. It is not actually potato, but belongs to the potato family. This plant grows quickly into a bushy tree of 15 feet in height and 15' wide. Grown for its ornamental purpose. The leaves are large, lobed and prickly. Flowers are fragrant and change their color from white to pink to lavender. It requires a rich soil for good growth. Suited for planting singly. Propagated by seeds. The Solanum family is very large, consisting of nearly 1500 species ranging from vegetables like the potato and aubergine, to ornamental shrubs and climbers, plus a number of weeds. Some, as their common name Nightshade suggests, are toxic and need careful handling. This photograph was taken on 4th February, 2012 near water tank circle, off Vivekananda Circle, Mysore from a way tree which was grown outside a house as an avenue tree.
Shrubby Whitevein is a semiwoody evergreen shrub growing up to 6-8 ft with smooth bright green or purple stems, large variegated leaves and colorful flowers. The leaves are up to a foot in length, opposite on the stems and marked with prominent, well defined yellow or ivory veins, which gives it its common name. The tubular flowers are yellow with red bracts, about 2 in long and borne in spikes of 6-10, at the end of branches. It blooms almost throughout most of the year. Shrubby Whitevein is native to northeastern Peru and Equador where it grows in the humid understory of tropical rainforests. I took this photograph on 29th February, 2012 in a park near Ontikoppal, Mysore.
