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.
Native to India, this tropical fast growing spiny shrub grows upright and bears bright yellow bell shaped flowers, which are borne on short terminal racemes. The plant is an erect, branched one, growing upto 8 m. Some stout spines are visible on the bark and branches. I was surprised to see this plant in Mysore, on my way to Institute, as the same is there in my native village, which i have seen since my childhood. To my astonishment, that village plant still remains on the edge of an irrigation canal! This photograph was taken in Mysore on 11th September, 2011.
Scientific name: Malvaviscus arboreus var. arboreus
Sleeping hibiscus, Ladies teardrop, Turk's cap or Firecracker hibiscus is a shrub from tripical regions of Mexico. It looks like an unopened hibiscus flower. It is a spreading shrub 2-3 m high. Leaves are densely clothed in velvety hairs. Flowers are borne solitary in leaf axils and are of 2-3 inches long. In my childhood i wondered about this plant why it is never opening and i was sad that it is falling off without ever showing the world! This photograph i took on 6th September 2011 in the terrace of my friends' home.. a lot of thanks to him.
November 30, 2011
Scientific name: Plumbago auriculata
Blue plumbago or cape leadwort is an evergreen shrub with whil like semy woody-stems. It is Native to South Africa and grows very fast and reaches to a height of 2 m. The leaves are spirally arranged. The light blue flowers are borne in rounded terminal clusters. The flowers are with long tubes, expanding into five petals. It blooms all along the year. This photograph was taken on 11th September, 2011 at a public park near district court, Mysore.
Long leaved Alyce clover is a small herb. This is found in India and can be seen growing in the wild among other plants in the open. Inflorescence is dense and spicate raceme. Bracts are ovate and pointed. They flower in pairs, blooming from the base of the spike, upwards. Standard petal is yellow, flushed with red. Weel and keel are dark pink. This photograph was taken on 10th September 2011 at CSRTI, campus.
The sky blue cluster vine is a handsome light cluster. It is native to tropical America and spread across the tropical world, due to the easiness with which it can be grown. The creeper is ideal for covering trellises. The sky blue flowers, when on bloom is a wonderful sight to watch. the stem of the creeper is slender and the leaves are arranged alternatively. The bell shaped flowers are produced in clusters at the ends of long stalks. The name derives from the French botanist Victor Jacquemont who traveled to America and described the flower and the number of stamens (five) the flower has. I took this photograph on 10th September, 2011, near Mysore district court, where it had crawled over a gate and the wall and then to an old building. There were a large number of guests around the flowers before me, who were buzzing around the flowers and the lately joined guest! Today i dedicate this flower to the great botanist who described it.
The wild spider flower, African spider flower, cat whiskers or bustard mustard is an annual wild flower native to Africa but has become widespread in tropical and sub tropical parts of the world. It grows up to 1.5 m. Stem and leaf petioles are thickly grandular. Inflorescence is showy and upto 30 cm in length. The flowers have very long stalks and it measures 1-2.5 cm in diameter, have 4 sepals, 4 petals and 6 stamens with long purple filaments. In many parts of the world the leaf and flowers are used as food or medicine. I took this photograph near the home during my walking stroll in the morning of 25th August, 2011.
Today is my 100th blogging day. I feel happy and satisfied. I thank everyone who supported me. My gratitude to my friend who uplinked the daily postings whenever it was required....
Scientific name: Zinnia elegans Zinnia is perfect for beginners for gardening. This is one of my first garden plants as a child. The brightly coloured, button like blooms are wonderful as borders or beds. Thought it is native to Mexico, is spread across the globe, which is a testimony to its popularity. There are normal and dwarf varieties with single, double or multi-layered flowers with a wide range of colours. This flower was shot on 1st October, 2011 at the Dussehra flower show in Mysore.
