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 red-velvet flowers of Hibiscus radiatus make this species a must-have among the fall and winter blooming varieties of Hibiscus. Like some other short-day bloomers in the genus, this one has long stems that arch over and grow horizontally as the season progresses. Left on its own, this plant will form a wide mound of flowers four foot tall and eight foot or more wide. It's not unattractive, but takes up a lot of space in the garden. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds. This photographs was taken on 8th September, 2011 from a wild growth just outside my institute.
The Tree Mallow, is a species of mallow native to the coasts of western Europe and the Mediterranean region. It is a shrubby annual, biennial or perennial plant growing to 0.5–2 m tall. The leaves are orbicular, 8–18 cm diameter, palmately lobed with five to nine lobes, and a coarsely serrated margin. The flowers are 3–4 cm diameter, dark pink to purple and grow in fasciculate axillary clusters of two to seven. This plant can be seen in many home gardens and plant nurseries. This flower was photographed on 3rd October, 2011 during Dussehra flower show in Mysore.
Waterkanon, Watrakanu, Minnie Root, Iron root, Feverroot or Popping pod is a West Indian herb with curiously shaped blue flowers and fusiform tuberous roots. A tropical perennial growing up to a height of 6½" with a hairy stem. The simple leaves are opposite and elliptic; the plant only flowers after the start of the rainy season. It has thick finger-like roots. The big bisexual flowers are violet. The ripe fruits, in a pod with 7-8 seeds each, burst open, when they get wet and the black seeds are hurdled away. This photograph was taken on 29th April, 2012 in Mysore, from way side, where i stay presently.
White star sedge is also known as White-topped sedge and star rush whitetop, is a perennial sedge with white bracts, giving it the appearance of white petals with long, green points. It is native to southeastern North America, from Virginia west to New Mexico in the United States, and south into the Caribbean islands. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of small spikes, each containing several tiny flowers. It sits on top of 3–10 green and white bracts that grow to 10–15 cm long. They look much like leaves, but the real leaves arise from the base of the plant. This photograph was taken in my native place, in Parassala, Kerala while on a visit on 12th October, 2011.
Cape honeysuckle is a fast growing, scrambling shrub which may grow up to 2-3m high and spread more than 2.5m. Tecomaria capensis is an evergreen plant in warm climate areas but loses its leaves in colder areas. It has pinnately compound leaves that have oval leaflets with blunt teeth. Flowering time for this shrub is very erratic and often it flowers all year round. Flowers vary from red, deep orange, yellow to salmon. Flowers are tubular and bird pollinated, attracting nectar-feeding birds, especially sun birds. Tecomaria capensis is an ornamental garden plant commonly used for screening and decorative purposes. It can also be trimmed to form a hedge. It is often planted specifically to attract birds and butterflies. The powdered bark of this attractive garden plant is used as a traditional medicine to relieve pain and sleeplessness. I took this photo on 24th April, 2012 from my colleagues house in Mysore.
Barbados lily, Easter lily or amaryllis lily is a bulbous perennial native to tropical regions of South America although it has become naturalized elsewhere. Plants have 4–6 leaves, each of which is bright green, 30-60 cm long by 2.5-3 cm wide, strap-shaped (lorate) and tapers at the end to an acute apex. The leaves are not fully developed when the flowers appear (i.e. they are more or less hysteranthous). The flowers are borne in an umbel on a stem (scape) which is 40-60 cm tall. The umbel has lanceolate green bracts at its base. The petals, or more accurately tepals, are orange-red with paler bases. The lower two tepals are much narrower than the lateral ones. During Easter times this used to flower in abundance around the church in my childhood days, where it was planted in lines and rows. But of late, there are no lilies now in those places. As i am very fond of lilies, recently i got some bulbs from my friend and it is growing now. This flower was taken on 27th April, 2012 in Mysore on the wayside where i stay presently.
