monsoon — Clipahoy

Orange or Klondike Cosmos or Cosmos sulphureus flowering field adjacent to Pune Highway

Maharashtra·highway · flowers

A sea of cosmos next to the highway towards Pune in full bloom in early autumn. The flowers are intense orange and hence named Orange Cosmos or Klondike Cosmos because of the shape of the flower.

Fresh hill lemon or galgal used in pickles growing in Champawat

flowers

A pair of goat kids feed on corn leaves while people converse. Fresh cucumbers hang down from the creeper as insects sit on the leaves in Champawat. It is a town famous among tourist in Uttarakhand in India.

Bistorta flowers and the Jallandhri Garh stream above Harsil: Himalayan autumn in brilliant colours

hills · river

Bistorta flowers and the Jallandhri Garh stream above Harsil: Himalayan autumn in brilliant colours.

Lotus flower has a work of art within it, in the form of the formative seed pod developing within

flowers · monsoon

Lotus flower has a work of art within it, in the form of the formative seed pod developing within Pretty even as it dies, the lotus is something else! What a delicate lotus pink, with finer shades - No wonder the Kamal is India's national…

Giant Slug after a wholesome meal, with 'fluorescent' caudal mucous emerging from its behind

flowers

A garden slug seems full from its garden vegetable diet as it marauds in the soft mud in monsoon. Slimy skin with mud and its tentacles out in search of some more food? Notice the shiny mucous it leaves behind as it moves along.

Lady workers return from tea garden after plucking tea leaves in Assam

flowers · industry

Workers with baskets on their back returning from tea garden after plucking tea leaves in Assam.

Dahlias have been growing run-wild at Jabbarkhet Estate since the British era, when garden planted

Uttarakhand·flowers

Garden Dahlias have been growing run-wild at our Jabbarkhet Estate in the Western Himalaya since the British era, when garden planted by the Brits. With summer, their rhizomes come alive, and dormant seeds start to sprout.

Rain Lilies grow in masses on hillsides of botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

Orissa Troupe gives a beautiful classical dance performance on the festival of Phool Walon Ki Sair, in Odisha

festival · flowers

The dancing troupe from Orissa perform Orissi( Classical dance form) on the festival of "Phool Wallon Ki Sair".

Purple Sunbird lapping nectar in Hamelia patens bush - seen up close

birds · flowers

The herald of Indian monsoons and the spectacular metallic purple sheen of the male Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus ) has worn off.

Pre-roost preening and last minute feed time for male Kaleej Pheasant in forests, in Uttarakhand

forest · flowers

This Kalij murgha visits among our Agapanthus lily garden in the western Himalaya. A Pheasant male pecks at undergrowth for buds, shoots and bugs: Kaleej margha at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

Balsam Impatiens and Vinca flower blooms after a heavy downpour - Summer flowers

flowers · monsoon

Fresh bloom of Balsam breathing in the moist air of monsoon. An unidentified purple flower with thin stalks growing among reeds. A cluster of Vinca flowers in purple thriving among garden grasses at our wilderness Orchard.

White fuzzy caterpillar in action

flowers

A Garden Orb Weaver spider sits on a flower leaf unfazed by the singing wasp hovering around it. A white hairy caterpillar nibbling on the fresh shoots of a garden flower. A couple of Wandering Glider dragonfly perched on small dry twigs.

Leopard scat found at Tea Valley Resort tea garden at Pothamedu, Munnar, Kerala

Kerala·wildlife · flowers

The panther or leopard is not a common sight in the Nilgiris and Western Ghats mountains around Munnar in Kerala.

Gladiolus in pink blooms run wild at Motidhar estate at Pari Tibba - the Fairy hill, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

In monsoon profusion, this Gladiolus in pink blooms as a garden-escape run-wild at the wildfilmsindia Motidhar estate at Pari Tibba - the Fairy hill around Mussoorie, among the Agapanthus flower fields.

Madhumalti bel has lovely colours and grows easily in India: Rangoon Creeper or Combretum indicum, in Delhi

flowers

An inflorescence of Rangoon creeper mid bloom, pink flowers and becoming a circular shape. This flower is a popular creeper in New Delhi. The bright blooms are seen in the monsoon season.

Commelina coelestis giving company to a white mystery flower. Can anyone identify this white flower, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers

The white mystery flower was captured on WildFilmsIndia Jabberkhet Estate, that is near Landour, Mussoorie. It was during the monsoon season the flower was seen blooming along with Commelina coelestis

Butterflies pay visit to a Red hot poker flowering stem at Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Butterflies pay a visit to a Red hot poker flowering stem at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya A Stag beetle explores a Red Hot Poker or Kniphofia blooming head at the wildfilmsindia Himalayan botanical garden, with a Green-backed T…

Garden run-wild Dahlias inhabit our Himalayan forest slopes, planted by British, now garden escapes, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

These Dahlia flowers are competing with wild Himalayan flowers and cover by seeding and spreading themselves in the wild, as garden escapes dating back to British times.

Cosmos flowers go crazy in autumn flowering, below slopes of Haunted House Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers

Autumn time marks the end of the monsoon and winter is not yet upon us. In this brief interlude, the Cosmos flowers planted some 200 years ago by the British go crazy as they are run wild and self seeded on the wildfilmsindia hill slopes be…

Trypophobia alert! Mature seed pod of a Bhartiya Kamal or Lotus, ready to expel seeds into the pond

lake · flowers

Trypophobia alert! Mature seed pod of a Bhartiya Kamal or Lotus, ready to expel the seeds into the pond.

Ranthambore and Sariska, Mahavir Vanasthali and Aravalli Mining: Archival footage from circa 1990, in Delhi

industry · wildlife

A Grey Partridge on an Aravalli native tree. Ranthambhor National Park and Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, Mahavir Vanasthali garden in Delhi and Aravalli stone mining: Archival footage from 1990's.

Purple Sunbird displays its brilliant breeding season feathers on Hamelia patens flowers, rains hit

flowers · birds

Even as a Purple Sunbird displays its brilliant breeding season feathers on Hamelia patens flowers, the monsoon rains hit north India, and brown puddles of mud form all around.

Cherrapunji Meghalaya flower field with tall grasses, wild orchids and Himalayan balsam blooms

Sohra, Meghalaya·hills · aerial

Flower field in Cherrapunji, Meghalaya showcases a serene landscape filled with tall grasses, wild orchids, and clusters of Himalayan balsam blooming across the open meadow.