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A scene from Valley of Flowers, Impatiens sulcata, This flower paints the Valley of Flowers in pink in the first week of August. Being an inner Himalayan valley, the Nanda Devi Basin has a distinctive micro-climate. Conditions are generally dry with low annual precipitation, but there is heavy monsoon rainfall from late June to early September.
The flowers are 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long, bright orange-red, and produced in racemes up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long. The fruit is a pod 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) long and 4–5 cm (1.6–2.0 in) broad. [5] The flowers frequently have a spectacular bloom sometime from February to April, although the trees do not flower every year. [6]
The flowers are 1.5 to 2 cm, pale green or yellowish, sweetly scented, bisexual, in short drooping unbranched clusters at the end of twigs and leaf axils. They usually appear with young leaves. The calyx is flat with 4(5) small teeth. The four or five petals of 6–8 millimetres (1 ⁄ 4 – 3 ⁄ 8 in) overlap in the bud. Many stamens have ...
Balle Balle (Gurmukhi: ਬੱਲੇ ਬੱਲੇ, Shahmukhi: بلّے بلّے) is a phrase used in many Punjabi songs to depict a feeling of happiness. It is used in the same way as the English expressions, "Hooray!"
Manjari (mən'jə'ri:) is a word of Sanskrit origin that primarily means a collection. e.g."katha manjari" (= a collection of stories like Hitopadesha).. Manjari is used in many languages of Indian subcontinent like Nepali, Hindi ("phool manjari" meaning a collection of flowers or bouquet) and Kannada ("chitra manjari" meaning a collection of pictures i.e. a movie).
Strobilanthes callosa Plant spotted in SGNP Mumbai Flower of Strobilanthes callosa spotted in SGNP Mumbai Pollen grains of Strobilanthes callosa taken with the Foldscope. It is a large shrub, sometimes attaining 6–20 ft in height and 2 1 ⁄ 2 inches in diameter [8] and flowers between July and September.
Cascabela thevetia is commonly known as Kaneir or Kaner (कनेर) in Hindi language in India. It is effectively drought resistant and tolerant to high temperatures, hence found in various states of India like Andhra , Bihar , Delhi , Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Telangana , West Bengal , Rajasthan , Tamil Nadu , Uttar Pradesh , Odisha and ...
Hindi Sanskrit: Hindi belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages is the official language of Uttarakhand and is spoken by 89.15% of the population (2011 census figure includes Garhwali spoken by 23.03%, Kumaoni spoken by 19.94% and Jaunsari spoken by 1.35% of the population as variants of Hindi). Sanskrit is given the status of second official ...