It takes about fifteen months after planting saplings of the shrub Calotropis gigantea to flower. Calotropis gigantea is commonly known as 'Arakku' in the Malayalam language and 'Madar' in Hindi.
Planted the saplings in a place with direct sunlight. Saplings did not need much watering. Found that plants could be watered once in three days even with day temperatures high as 29 degrees celsius. Possible that humidity in the environment helps.
Observed that visitors like butterflies and bees hover and linger for quite some over the flowers.
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| Flower Buds of Calotropis gigantea |
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| Waiting for the Monarch butterfly ...blossoms of Calotropis gigantea |
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| Blossoms in the October rains, North East Monsoons |
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| Calotropis gigantea shrubs growing in a sunny area in the laterite soil |
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