Flowers and other Flora

[ISv]

Chaitanya,
Fascinating flowers! Lovely shots.
Never saw turmeric before and our begonia are usually red.
And the two orchids are wonderful. Were they shot at night? Not orchids we can purchase in the US .
Hope to see more of your shots.
-r

Riley, these are from Oahu!
The Curcuma (Turmeric) is not wild but you always can see it at some places!
I (still) have no idea what is the second one, found this old file when digging for dragonflies (tiny flower)... Same for the third one (hey, it's a flower and definitely flora!).
Unfortunatelly I still have no shots of the wild local (some endemics!) begonias, but so far what I have seen was white ! Next time you come here - bring more memory cards and let me know: we may not have big diversity in the birds, but flora - a lot!

 

[Click]

Very nice series, ISv. I especially like the 2nd picture.

 

[lion rock]

ISv,
Thanks. Those are great shots. The turmeric flowers and the spray-like "flower" are certainly interesting. And the small unnamed pink flower is shot beautifully.
I'm still beating my head for not going to the Big Island to check out the volcano. All because of something called "work." Hope to have to opportunity to return.
-r

 

[lion rock]

More dahlias from the deck garden.
-r

 

[Click]

Beautiful flowers, lion rock.

 

[snappy604]

weekend stuff

 

[lion rock]

Beautiful flowers, lion rock.

Thanks Click.
My wife's doing.
-r

 

[Click]

Beautiful pictures. Well done, snappy604.

 

[ISv]

Beautiful pictures. Well done, snappy604.

+1 (ha, ha, Click, I couldn't resist!)

Thanks Click.
My wife's doing.
-r

And nice pictures, I hope you did them, not your wife!

 

[Click]

+1 View attachment 179573 (ha, ha, Click, I couldn't resist!)
!

You are more than welcome to use it.

 

[mirage]

Parnassia
not sure about subspecies, probably Parnassia palustris ("Bog Star")
seen on my latest mountain climb in the Austrian limestone alps at about 1600m elevation in north-facing, shadowy, cool canyon. During rainfalls lots of water, but usually dry. No bog.

 

[Click]

Lovely pictures, mirage.

 

[lion rock]

Lovely pictures, mirage.

I second that!
-r

 

[lion rock]

+1 View attachment 179573 (ha, ha, Click, I couldn't resist!)


And nice pictures, I hope you did them, not your wife!

No, she plants and I shoot.
-r

PS., someone here once said, "she points and I shoot!" That's the gist of it .

 

[ISv]

Nice flower Mirage! I like your love to the plants (and most probably the nature at all).

 

[ISv]

Riley - I see, you have it organized! Wish you more plants (I hope you still have some extra room) and more shots!

 

[Chaitanya]

Chaitanya,
Fascinating flowers! Lovely shots.
Never saw turmeric before and our begonia are usually red.
And the two orchids are wonderful. Were they shot at night? Not orchids we can purchase in the US .
Hope to see more of your shots.
-r

This is Begonia crenata and they are white or sometimes have little bit of purple shading to petals and very neat little flowers to photograph. Both those orchids were photographed late in evening around 8pm.

 

[Chaitanya]

Here few more photos that I know IDs for there are a lot of Himalayan flora that I have photographed and lies without IDs.
Orchids:
Single leaved orchids(plant):
IMG_9121 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Fox Bushed orchid(also known as peacock orchid)(Aerides maculosa)
VVV_0412 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr
IMG_8498 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr
IMG_8998 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Albino variation of this orchid:
IMG_9003 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Small bearded dendrobium:
IMG_8649 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Trembling nervilia:
IMG_8649-2 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr
IMG_8642 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Other flowers from western ghats and surrounding areas:
Some wild ginger:
IMG_8982 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Following flowers from that plateau posted in previous post.
Red Alyce Clover (Alysicarpus tetragonolobus):
IMG_5532 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Nabhali(Cyanotis cristata):
IMG_5528 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

Unknown flowers from that plateau tagged without any ID:
IMG_5526 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr

IMG_5525 by Chaitanya Shukla, on Flickr



Spent last sunday finding and photographing Ceropegia from a spot near my city still havent had time to process those images.

 

[Click]

Lovely series, Chaitanya.

 

[mirage]

@Chaitanya - wow, no lack of orchids and other spectacular flowers there
Especially like the Nabhali - is there a well-camouflaged caterpillar under the blossom or is it just a part of the plant?
Image-wise I like the "dynamic" image of the Red Alyce clover best in this series.
Some images in the series appear a bit on the dark side on my screen?

Ceropegia ... "lantern flowers" ... oho, in Europe only as [cultivated] indoor plants ... looking forward to your images