Cordyceps sinensisalso known as caterpillar fungus, or by its more prominent names yartsa gunbu or Keeda Jadi, is prominent in Garhwal and Uttarakand regions. My first encounter with it was during my Roop Kund trek in 2017. My guide mentioned it in the passing and showed me a dried half mature keeda jadi he had spotted suring the…
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Fescue grass blade
Fescue grass blade
Oncoba Spinosa
Fried egg tree Now we know why they call it so. The flowers are about 3 inches wide and have a beautiful honey flavour keeping a whole lot of bees busy. The branches have these lens like things all over them called lenticels ( which I learnt later ) that helps …
Himalayan Strawberry
Botanical name: Fragaria nubicola Comman Name : Himalayan Strawberry Family : Rosaceae Location : Sikkim Date : 19.5.2017 Facts : Herb which grows very close to the ground.- White flowers, 1.5-2.5 cm across- Himalayan Strawberry is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to Burma, at altitudes of 1800-3800 m.- Flowering: April-June. Himalayan Strawberry is a…
Jacarandes
Updated: 6 days ago Flowers are the easiest way to identity a tree I feel. So let’s start recognising trees which are in bloom now. Jacarandas flooding the roads of our lovely Bangalore. It is a joy to walk on the streets as the wind sways down these beautiful light flowers on our cars, our bags…
Elephant Rope Tree.
Botanical Name: Sterculia villosa Common Name : Elephant Rope Tree Place : Naugriat, Meghalaya Date : 23.5.17Wiki says .. I am not a botanist, I don’t go in search of plants. I love to know the plants and trees which I am surrounded by. Now when I pass by the trees and flowers with great…
Coelogyne Orchids
Botanical Name: Coelogyne Stricta Common Name : Coelogyne Orchids Place : Naugriat, Caves, Meghalaya Date : 23.5.17 Coelogyne is from the family Orchidaceae, distributed across India, China, Indonasia and Fiji islands. They can be found from tropical lowland forests to montane rainforests. A few species grow as terrestrials or even as lithophytes in open, humid habitats. We found many…
Gucci Mushrooms
“The Gucci Mushrooms in the Himalayas”. Tarun Ahuja-Malik – here it is my kind of Gucci!!! So here we are on our way to Kalpa our destination for today. Was reading about the Gucci mushroom after Tarun Ahuja‘ mentioned it. Was very curious to see the honey comb web shaped mushroom which was worth 20…
Spider flower or Clemos.
Botanical Name: Cleomes Common Name : Spider Flower Place : Assam Date : 29.5.17 Spider flowers bloom in full pink and fade to a white by noon.
Naturally Hema 