Monday, March 31, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Orchids... pictures of different types of orchid flowers
Orchids are easily distinguished, as they share some very evident apomorphies. Among these: bilaterally symmetric (zygomorphic) and resupinate, a petal(labellum) is always highly modified, stamens and carpels are fused, and the seeds are extremely small.


as per wiki, Orchidaceae are well known for the many structural variations in their flowers.
Some orchids have single flowers but most have a racemose inflorescence, sometimes with a large number of flowers. The flowering stem can be basal, that is produced from the base of the tuber, like in Cymbidium, apical, meaning it grows from the apex of the main stem, like in Cattleya, or axillary, from the leaf axil, as in Vanda.
As an apomorphy of the clade, orchid flowers are primitively zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical), although in some genera like Mormodes, Ludisia, Macodes this kind of symmetry may be difficut to notice.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Shoe Flower - Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
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Generalist (like Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Amazilia lactea) or long-billed species (like Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Heliomaster squamosus) may occasionally be seen to visit it however. In the subtropical and temperate Americas, hummingbirds are attracted to them on a regular basis.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Kanyakumari ..sothern corner of India
Kanyakumari is the southern end of India.. from Kanyakumary you can see both sunset and sunrise.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Golden Shower Tree - with yellow flower

The Golden Shower Tree (Indian Laburnum)- is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Asia, from southern Pakistan east through India to Myanmar and south to Sri Lanka.

ASTER .. a typical garden flower seen everywhere


After this split there are roughly 180 species within the genus, all but one being confined to Eurasia.

BEGONIA .. A home garden flower



Saturday, March 1, 2008
PETUNIA, a garden flower




Petunia at Road side.
Lotus National flower of India and Vietnam
LOTUS , the national flower of India and Vietnam

In Ancient Egypt, Nelumbo nucifera was unknown, being introduced only at the time of the Persian invasions, late in ancient Egyptian history. The ancient Egyptians venerated the blue water-lily, Nymphaea caerulea, which was sometimes known as the "blue lotus" or "sacred lotus".

Bonsai - Bougainvillea


Bonsai - Bougainvillea

as per wikipedia, Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The name comes from Louis Antoine de Bougainville, an admiral in the French Navy who discovered the plant in Brazil in 1768.
Bougainvilleas are popular ornamental plants in most areas with warm climates, including Indonesia, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, the Mediterranean region, the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, South Africa, and the United States in Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, and southern Texas.
SUNFLOWER ...a big flower

Sunflower... nice to see the flower.

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