Category: Photographic/ story telling posts

Wallpaper for August ’23: August 2023 Dear Nature Lovers !!    Greetings from oikos !   LIVERWORTS   Liverworts are one of the sub-group of bryophyte, non-flowering plants. In Old English, the word liverwort literally means liver plant. In ancient times, it was believed that liverworts cured diseases of the liver. But no such use is […]

Happy World Honey Bee Day!: Happy World Honey Bee Day! & On the new honey bee settlement in our Champak/ Sampige tree canopies. (Yesterday) I came onto the terrace of our house, peering into the tall sampige/champaka tree crown, and waited for a long time to see the well-camouflaged green barbet bird pair activity and […]

See the art of SEM photography by Dr Vijayasankarji: https://pharmacy.olemiss.edu/media/2021/06/14/um-research-scientist-creates-award-winning-images/ Thanks, …, for letting us know., creative side of Vijayasankar ji- that too at International level. Very proud of having Vijayasankar ji as a Pillar of efloraofindia. Thanks a lot … for noticing and sharing it on efloraofindia! It’s a pleasure to be part of the […]

  Aerial view of forest cover near Dehradun : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Aerial view of forest cover near Dehradun during Nov 2019.

Id of Trees – ID26112019SH3 : 15 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3) Trees for id pl. Here I am posting a very blurred picture taken from a moving vehicle.I was just curious about these Red-maroonish trees on the mountains.Throughout our journey I saw the mountain ranges filled with these trees.Seemed to be very common there.Off course couldn’t […]

2 cm frog, sitting in a small mushroom enjoy : Just saw this foto in a magazin thought of sharing with you http://dskogsphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/3220-Strawberry-Poison-Dart-Frog-Dendrobates-Pumilio.-Selva-Verde-Lodge-Costa-Rica.jpg  

COLLAGE : COLOURS FROM FLOWERS/ FRUITS : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of colours taken from the images of flowers and fruits of different plants. I find it interesting.  

Fwd: COLOUR FROM NATURE. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attaching a colour composition. Colours are selected from the images of birds, flowers, insects.   

COLLAGE : BLUE COLOUR FROM BIRDS, FLOWERS, BUTTERFLIES : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)   Here is a collage of Blue in different shades. The colours are selected from images of flowers, birds, butterflies taken by me. there are so many possibilities. I am sending just one. The name of the object from which […]

BASANTA: 5 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching a collage of colours. The colours are taken from 1. Thunbergia grandiflora (flower) 2. Black- hooded oriole (bird) 3. Crimson sun bird 4. Nil kamal (flower) 5. Sky 6. Small Niltova (bird) 7. Poppy (flower) 8. orchid 9. Blue bottle (butterfly) 10. coccinia grandis […]

Beautiful Tree trunk : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 7 Mb.  Sharing an image of beautiful tree trunk. It was leafless so no clue about the id, but I was glued to that tree near Soochipara Falls in Wayanad. yes. a beauty   

Palm Jumeirah, Archipelago in Dubai : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Another biomimicry, an architectural wonder in Dubai. A huge urban complex created on sea in the shape of the celebrated date palm.

Paddy Art 2018 – Emerald Dove : 8 posts by 8 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 MB.  Giant Alive Painting * Challenging canvas of 700 sq meters of knee deep mud. * Scintillating alive medium of coloured rice seedlings that create ripples on wind. * Innovative art form that preserves traditional hand skills in paddy plantation. […]

Dattaji Salvi Udyan, Thane : 4 posts by 3 authors. Dattaji Salvi Udyan  Thane A tiny botanical garden (mix of exotics and natives) in Thane, now run by municipal corporation, open everyday, only during morning and evening. Good place to retreat for a small session of plant photography. Captured the essence of the garden.  A […]

Pathibhara Mata Trip : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8) I was on a week pilgrimage trip to the Pathibhara Mata shrine situated at 13000 ft at the east boarder of Nepal. The trail was covered by different species of Rhododendron which bloomed up to lower belt 11000 ft. plus and yet to bloom […]

Exploring behind the Himalayas – Saroj Kasaju : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Been out of touch as I was exploring behind the Himalayas for about a week though it was a month or so earlier for flowering season to start.  However, I would be posting leaves of plants if it could be […]

Fwd: MENU CARD : BLUE THROATED BARBET : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) In my series on symbiosis , BLUE THROATED BARBET has a special place. It is amazing to note the number of fruits, flowers and insects this particular bird consumes. During my course of observation I have recorded the following. 1. […]

Lalbagh Botanical Gardens :: 19 FEB 2017 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. Lalbagh Botanical Gardens Bangalore Date: 19 FEB 2017 … Altitude: ~ 906 m (2972 ft) asl These gardens, in heart of Bengaluru city, is a boon to all of us who wish to do some botanizing while staying in the city. It is […]

Fwd: Child in Manali looking at Flowers of the Himalaya : 5 posts by 4 authors. During one of the two botanical tours I led to H.P. in the mid-1980s, I walked up to Old Manali from the guest-house my group were staying in with the doctor on the tour and took this slide. I had a copy […]

Something for the weekend : 2 posts by 2 authors. Poetic Botany | A Digital Exhibition http://staging.nybg.org/poetic-botany/#start