Do you remember we had watermelon creeper last year (link)? This time also watermelon seeds sprouted. The very first female flower showed up in mid June… After two days, it was a pleasant surprise that a tender fruit was seen in the place of the flower! Look at the dates;…
Pyara Tiranga (Beloved Tricolour) is flown and is waving across India… Feeling the light and warmth that our Rashtriya Dhwaja (national flag) radiates around… Can you also hear the songs Tiranga is singing? It is singing the songs about Indian treasures of textiles and spices and wealth… about all the…
Common name:Scarlet Flame Bean, West Indian Mountain Rose, Brownea, Rose of Venezuela brownea, cooper hoop, rose of Venezuela, scarlet flame bean. Bengali: supti Marathi: लाल झुंबर lal zumbar Botanical name: Brownea coccinea Family:Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)Synonyms: Brownea capitella, Brownea latifolia Native to: Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago More about…
An exciting activity of watching Lal Zumbar or Brownea Coccinea or Scarlet Flame Bean (Caesalpiniaceae Family) flower clusters in orange red colour. I had been watching a group of small evergreen trees in Aditi garden, Pune, India. It looked interesting because of their dwarf structure. It was during…
Octopus tree Berries – These are the favourite berries of many birds and animals! Common Names: Octopus Tree, Queensland Umbrella Tree, Brassaia and amate Botanical name: Schefflera actinophylla Family: Araliaceae (Aralia family) Native to northern Australia and south-eastern New Guinea More about Octopus Tree: Tropical evergreen shrub with multiple trunks.…
Squirrels are one of the most adorable creatures in the world! I enjoy watching them for hours together…
Already people are enjoying the monsoon in many parts of India.. But, we are still watching the dark clouds at Pune that are not yet showing mercy on us… My first Pune monsoon experience was superb as Pune had one of the heaviest monsoons ever in past 20 years,…
Oh! Yes!!! It is a red hibiscus flower smiling in my small hibiscus plant 🙂 This is the second flower that bloomed in my plant. Notice the stigma… For the first time I thought it is mutated… But, this flower is also with three conjoined stigmas (unlike the usual five)…
I was celebrating life being a part of this wonderful world, where the sun shines and the earth is alive… Where seeds sprout and hence new lives, new hopes and new promises begin… Where flowers bloom, each with its unique beauty, fragrance and life… Where birds sing, each with its…
Monsoon is expected to hit Kerala by June 5th and as a hint, summer is becoming unbearable in India, off course, in Pune too. I am a great lover of tender coconut and because of which, I love summer too 🙂 When we are on Pune-Mangaluru road, we try to…