“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

Garden Anemone flowers in a multitude of colours from white and purple to red and maroon, at wildfilmsindia Garden Anemone de caen flowers in red and white, with cottony seed heads drying off and dispersing in the wind.

flowers · hills

What a rare uncelebrated bloom from the high Himalaya. But then guess what - this flower does NOT want to be celebrated, at least not by humans! It grows in secluded moist bogs next to streams, in mossy slopes away from direct sunlight, and…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

flowers

Poinsettia in bright pre-Christmas winter flower attracts Sorrel Sapphire butterflies, at the wildfilmsindia arboretum in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Commelina tuberosa not paludosa monsoon light time lapse at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in the western Himalaya. The Commelina flower has a gluey secration inside its pod.

hills · flowers

Cirsium thistle or Cirsium falconeri is found at higher altitudes, even as high as 4400 meters in the Himalaya! Onopordum acanthium or the Scotch Thistle as seen in the Valley of Flowers.

flowers · sport

Football lilies bloom in great profusion at our botanical collections in Delhi and up in the western Himalaya, with the advent of the monsoon rains...

flowers · hills

Separating and planting out Meconopsis Himalayan and Tibetan Blue Poppy seedlings into separate pots, Primulas too, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Commelina tuberosa not paludosa monsoon light time lapse at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in the western Himalaya. The Commelina flower has a gluey secration inside its pod.

forest · hills

In pre-dawn darkness, a Kalij Pheasant is the first one to the party on the forest floor, turning up leaves and digging with its claws in the soft moist soil below the oak trees.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Black-crowned Jay and Rufous Sibia: Two visitors to our wild Himalayan pear tree, for fruit and insect fare The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its…

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body and a black cap atop its head Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small w…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · flowers

Monsoon damage being repaired: Pushta or stone retaining wall being repaired between flower beds at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum and pheasant sanctuary in Motidhar in the western Himalaya.

flowers · hills

Clusters of Himalayan rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum) flowers bloom in vivid shades of pink, adding spectacular colour to a lush mountain forest.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Planted during the time of the British in the nineteenth century, these Cosmos have been reproducing successfully and spreading across our hill, at our botanical arboretum in the Western Himalaya.

industry · flowers

Jack in the pulpit? Arisaema wallichianum or tortuosum Snake plant flowering at wildfilmsindia botanical collection in the Himalaya.

flowers · farmland

Unloading plants arriving from Kalimpong, at the Wilderness Orchard in India: Azaleas, Camellias, Japanese Maple, Cymbidium, denrobium orchids and more.

flowers

Geranium in pink, striking yellow German Bearded Iris and cream Daylily: Winter flowering blooms. In the peak of winter, our geraniums and Irises keep blooming in the Himalaya as they receive so much daytime sunshine!

Uttarakhand·flowers

Time-lapse of bearded Iris Bruno flowers in the western Himalayas of Uttarakhand in spring-time Iris season at wildfilmsindia sanctuary.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With a backdrop audio track of Cicadas and the Common Hill Partridge, these bright red Amaryllis Lilies flower away in seclusion at the wildfilmsindia botanical collections at Jabbarkhet in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Nodding yellow giant daffodils around Landour: Dutchmaster and Tete a Tete daffs at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet's arboretum and botanical gardens. Daffodil harvest time at Jabbarkhet: Spring-time in the wildfilmsindia Himalaya.

flowers · hills

This old footage captures the breathtaking ecological paradise of Kalimpong, nestled in the Eastern Himalayas. Known for its lush landscapes and rich biodiversity, Kalimpong is home to a variety of flora and fauna.

hills · flowers

A trekking trail winding through the Valley of Flowers National Park in Uttarakhand, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the western Himalayas.

West Bengal·hills · flowers

A tea garden in Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, a region known for its tea cultivation in the Eastern Himalayas. Rolling slopes are covered with neatly maintained tea bushes arranged in characteristic plantation patterns.