24.7.08

Water Lily


A pretty water Lily at Bangalore's Lalbagh Lake.

20.7.08

Candy Stripe Cosmos

This is a new variety of cosmos with deep pink petal edges and veins blushed with light pink and golden a yellow eye. Cosmos gracefully balance on long slender stems, and lacy foliage. It is a plant that's easy to grow and thrives even on poor soil.
Botanical name: Cosmos bipinnatus

16.7.08

Yellow Beauty


A yellow blossom from my garden. I don't know the name for this flower, but all I have noticed it that it folds in the evening and opens up at about 8 in the morning. Tiny dew drops decorate this flower well.

15.6.08

Blossoms in my Garden

Pistils and Stamen of a Hibiscus
Ixora Coccenia in closeup


Its raining and the garden is in its majestic best.Just thought Ill post closeups of a few of those flowers. Its been months since I posted any flowers in this blog.