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| Proiphys amboinensis with buds and a crawling fluffy insect |
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| The Lily with the luminescent flowers/Proiphys amboinensis |
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| The Lily with the luminescent flowers/Proiphys amboinensis in Thiruvananthapuram |
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Friday, 30 November 2018
November Rains -Three
After flowering earlier this year, the lily with the luminescent flowers -Proiphys amboinensis flowered again this November. The buds came some time in mid-November with the rains. A fluffy insect crawled all over Proiphys amboinensis when it had its buds.
The fluffy insect just crawled all over the plant without eating any part of the plant.
After five days the buds started blooming. The flowers stay open even through the night and remain attached to the stalks for as long as two weeks.
November Rains - Two
Tending to Heliconias takes a lot of time and effort.
There is some respite from watering with the coming of rains in November.
Heliconia flowers also attract visitors such as humming birds and bats.
This November-an unusual red-rimmed variety of Heliconia also flowered.
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| A Heliconia flower |
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| Heliconia flowers in the November rains, Thiruvananthapuram |
This November-an unusual red-rimmed variety of Heliconia also flowered.
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| A red-rimmed variety of Heliconia in Thiruvananthapuram |
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Waiting for the Monarch butterfly.....blossoms of Calotropis gigantea
...in the October rains, North East Monsoon.
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.
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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