Dassera – The Gods come alive every year in all colours and shapes this season.
Category: finding flora
Purple Golden-Eyed Primrose
Botanical name : Primula calderiana Family : Salicaceae (Willow family) Common Name : Purple Golden Eyed Primrose Location : Yumthang Valley, Sikkim. Date : 20.5.17 My trip to #Sikkim opened up a whole new world of colours, which I failed to notice all my life. Driving by in the car as the trees and hills…
Sweet, tart and spicy -Thats life.
Hi Everyone, Happy Ugadi to you all. We at home, celebrate all South Indian festivals, as each state has been a part of my life in different stages of my life. Ugadi is closest to my heart, because of its ritual of making “Ugadi Pachadi”, which has a very close semblance to our everyday lives….
Jack and the Mango Stalk.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 169, Chandra Nagar. We reached our periappa’s place in the evening after a 7 hour non-stop drive. I opened the wide black gates to let our car in. The place was exactly as I last saw it 2 years ago. Savi was already at the grill door welcoming us with a big smile. Periamma…
Keeda Jadi
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…
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…
Naturally Hema 