Category: Best Flora Photograph

Best Flora Photograph : Dr. Satish Phadke : 2022: Ceropegia bulbosa : I am choosing this picture from Apocynaceae observed on a hill near Pune. It was shot long back some 10-12 years back. I couldn’t spot it later anywhere around Pune city Maharashtra. So I have fond memories of it. One more reason for choosing […]

Flora Photograph: Habenaria intermedia: We have to teach every course of Botany in the colleges. However, I love to teach taxonomy,  physiology (my Ph.D. specialization), genetics, ecology and economic botany. I started preparing PPTs for class teaching in 2008 by taking images from the net. When preparing a PPT of the Orchidaceae family, I was fascinated by […]

Ashutosh Sharma: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.06.22: It was the 3rd of July in 2017, when on a hot and humid day, I had embarked on a journey to a place I had previously visited only once, in the hope to find some orchids. Around that time, […]

Best flora photograph and stories on efloraofindia-The elegant Ceropegia elegans: I am extremely happy that efloraofindia is completing 15 years this June.I am ecstatic and proud that I have been associated with this forum since 2014 when I was a rookie photo enthusiast interested in photographing flowers that I came across during my field visits […]

BEST FLORA PHOTOGRAPH: For many years I have seen pic of Parnassia in my wild flowers book. I was so thrilled to find my first one besides the road on the West coast of Skye. Scotland. It was growing in a bog. I think the flowers are just exquisite. This one was actually found on […]

Sandhya Sasidharan: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia on 17.6.22: I would like to share the picture and the story of a little plant that came to me unbidden. Years ago it had sprouted in a grow bag in which I used to grow vegetables on my terrace. I still […]

Aarti Khale : Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: Ceratostema silvicola : Neotropical Blueberries My journey with Efloraofindia started on the 2nd of January, 2010. For my Best Flora Photograph, I have chosen this image taken at the Conservatory of Atlanta Botanical Garden, in Atlanta. Ceratostema silvicola is found in […]

Best flora picture: 1 image. Here attached is the best flora picture of mine. I have chosen this, not only because it is one of the best flora pictures of mine but also it is not yet on our site. Will send you a full set of pictures soon. Pomatocalpa spicata, Breda. From Thattekkad, Ernakulam […]

Swamy/New series/ID/65 – Handroanthus impetiginosus: I consider the photo (s) of Handroanthus impetiginosus as best (Ref: Swamy/New series/ID/65 – Handroanthus impetiginosus) It is the most beautiful ornamental tree during winter in Mysore. This tree is very important to me because it is very close to my dwelling place,  hardly a  few yards from my residence located […]

Thingnam Girija: Best Flora Photograph: In June 2013 we (Tabish and I) were returning from Bumla Pass, in Tawang area, and were at altitude of 4000-4500 m, and we came across this captivating sight. The story emerged much later after Tabish thoroughly analyzed the pictures taken by us. Primula strumosa  is a beautiful primrose with pale […]

Pankaj Kumar: ‘Best Flora Photograph’ Contest to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: In 2011, while going through the proof of one of the books, “The wild orchids of Hong Kong”, I realised there was a mistake. There was a species, Crepidium acuminatum included in the book and it had two figures plus one plate. To […]

Saroj Kasaju: Best floral photograph: Primula primulina (Spreng.) H. Hara It was mid-monsoon and the dirt road leading to Kuri village was in a very bad state. We drove our jeep  with much difficulty and we had to give up the ride at 8000 ft. Now the climb to Kuri village at 11000 ft. has started. It […]

Best Flora Photograph : Vijayasankar Raman : 2022: Huernia zebrina (Lifesaver plant, Doughnut flower) of Apocynaceae is my entry for the Best Flora Photograph contest to celebrate 15 years of efloraofindia. I chose this picture because of the unique beauty of the flower. It has a prominent shiny central ring called the annulus, appearing like a […]

Best floral photograph: Solanum erianthum Thanks, Seema ji, for the beautiful details. Himalrandia tetrasperma Thanks a lot, Seema ji Very nice Seema Ji.

A.Sinha: Best Flora Photograph to celebrate 15 years of completion of efloraofindia: Grewia orientalis Syn. Grewia columnaris (Smith) Growing wild in semi urban area  near Chennai, photo ca 2012 ———————————————————– Plant exploration walks wherever possible are my top choice of leisure activity. This photo  re-captures for me  the excitement of finding  an unknown species,  and  […]

Best flora photograph: Neomarica northiana Lock down 1. April 2020. Like everywhere, Mumbai too had come to a standstill. There was a frightening silence on the roads. Couldn’t move out anywhere. My regular morning walks had stopped. So gradually started making rounds in the building. Since I stay on ground floor, I have “encroached” the […]

J.M.Garg: Best Flora Phot0graph: This is my first upload after a long long time (mainly because of paucity of time due to different priorities). It is Habenaria longicorniculata as I knew it from the first glance while moving on a narrow road through Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary on the way to Kemmanagundi from Chikmagalur in Oct ‘2013. I requested the driver to stop the vehicle & hurriedly got down […]

Satish Pardeshi: ‘Best Flora Photograph’: Please find my entry for the Best Flora Photograph contest 2022. The details and story behind the photograph. Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. & Thomson, syn: Papaver horridulum (Hook.fil. & Thomson) Christenh. & Byng). also known as Prickly blue poppy found at altitudes of 3500-5500m from mid July to August end in […]

Balkar Singh: Best Flora photo for celebration of 15th Year of eFloraofindia: Here is My best flora photograph. This was shot recently in April 2022 during our visit to Pratapnagar (Distt Tehri, Uttarakhand). We were on the way to Pratapnagar and the day was much hotter than usual. Flowers on the trees or shrubs were […]

A. Lalithamba: Best Flora Photograph: This is my entry for best picture; it is Vanda wightii; in Rapur-Chitvel ghat; on that day the sky is cloudy, though it is summer; I didn’t found any plant in flowering in the forest for few kilometers; suddenly I found it on a deciduous high Terminalia tree; but there […]