Thursday, April 17, 2014

Blooms in Uttarakhand

Never seen neem flowers in this colour before!

Mango blossoms were particularly thick in these parts.


Palash

Palash again

Bottlebrush


Wild roses


Rhododendrons were everywhere!


Rhododendrons up close. 
Puttachi loved them.
She kept picking up fallen flowers
 and carrying them back to the room.
Rhododendron squash (Buransh squash)
is pretty refreshing :)

No idea what flowers these are.
Also see: Trees of Uttarakhand
                Birds of Uttarakhand

 

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

lovely pics S both of the trees and birds!

SJ

Anonymous said...

The last tree is Magnolia :-)

-Nam

Anu said...

The last photo appears to be of Magnolia, Shru. I couldnt enlarge it. If you can send me a close up, I could confirm it for you.

Radhika said...

Lovely pics!. It was so refreshing to look at the pictures. The actual visit must be just wonderful.

rajk said...

Wow! That was beautiful, and informative for someone who doesn't know a rhododendron from a magnolia.

Manish'sMom said...

Details of visit please. Things like accommodation, safaris, food etc etc.....have been wanting to go to Uttarakhand for quite a while now!

Shruthi said...

Thank you all!

Nam and Anu, aah Magnolia, thanks.

Shruthi said...

Manish's Mom, yes, some more posts coming up. Will mail you in the meantime.

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