platue of flowers

cactusveda · Post by **cactusveda** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:15 pm

very near to my place is a large platue of seasonal [monsoon] flowers. it is a biodiversity hot spot! many of the flowers are seen only at that place and no where else in world!
Smithia hirsuta..

UTRICULARIA PURPURASCENS

IMPATIENS OPPOSITIFOLIA

POGOSTEMON DECCANENSIS

ERIOCAULON TUBERIFERUM

this area is known as kas platue.it is 24 kms from my place. the pecularity of this area is that the flowers last only for 1 wk-10 days and other coloured flowers replace them. hence the colour of the platue changes every wk for about one and a half month.there are many other rare species also here. pics some other time!

hegar · Post by **hegar** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:48 pm

Hello CV,
there are truly some beauties among those wildflowers. This old horticulturist would not mind having some of them as ornamentals in his yard. I do like the Utricularia purpurascens and Pogostemon deccanensis a lot, because of their color (blue to purple) which is not all too common among garden plants. Also, the Eriocaulon tuberiferum - a member of the Liliaceae family? - with its white flowers, is a pretty one.

Harald

P.S.: I am waiting for more images! Thank you for posting them.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:24 pm

Nothing like seeing a field full of wild flowers. Thanks for sharing them CV.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:41 am

Thanks CV for those pictures they are great. I love
all those flwoers and colors!!

Mark

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:13 am

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Post by **daiv** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:06 am

Interesting, so if I understand it correctly, the pictures are of the same field at different times?

I would expect a mix of species, but it seems that they bloom one at a time all over, eh?

peter · Post by **peter** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:51 am

Nice wildflowers, CV!

dimales · Post by **dimales** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:24 am

Thanks for such nice landscape..