Cassia Fistula or golden shower flower buds captured on the way to Pune from Mangaluru, near Hubballi. My dream to capture ‘Konde’ or Cassia Fistula flowers got fulfilled on 20th April 2014. We were traveling from Mangaluru to Pune. I got my first clicks of Golden Shower tree near Udupi. I…
‘Konde’ or Cassia Fistula flowers for Vishu festival and story of my first captures of the flowers I love. ‘Konde’ – Chasing the Dream I love these ‘Konde’ flowers since the day I saw them. Amma introduced them to me on the way to my granny’s place. Our usual trips…
This piece of write up is about the nature who is celebrating her freedom with we Bharatiyas along with her tricolour parade of the flowers like East Himalayan Mussaenda, White Rain Lily and Gold Spot Ginger Lily. Everyone has individuality. Everyone has a unique expression. Every living being loves to…
Witnessing the drizzles of Shraavana maasa is a delightful sight. Every leaf and every flower smile bathing in the love of Shraavana raindrops. Mother earth peacefully takes in every drop of rain. I enjoyed watching such Shraavana rain in my native on 27th of August. Sharing two of the beautiful…
That morning, when the earth quaked, the world shook. People from around the world prayed, directly or indirectly extended helping hands for the sufferers of earthquake in Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Tibet. What else can we do instead of praying, ‘Mother Earth, please take turns in such a way that…
Aditi Garden is our favourite weekend destination located in Magarpatta Inner Circle, Pune. The best part of Aditi is that it is adorned with some or the other flowers throughout the year. Before I feel every type of flower in the garden is captured by our camera, there will be…
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;…
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…
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)…