“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

flowers

Nepal's flora has a lot to offer, however, the beauty lies in the smallest things like these brilliant yellow flowers of Primula strumosa. We came across this bed of primulas while we were trekking to Mulde or Muldhai peak.

birds · flowers

Green barbet chick hides among bright red flowers from which it drinks water. The Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) is a large barbet found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, along the southern foothills of the Himalayas an…

coastline · hills

A slug or snail crawls at geological pace on a moss-laden stone slope in the Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand. It leaves behind a slimy trail...

flowers · snow

A splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins. Specially in the monsoon and post monsoon season.

flowers · monsoon

A splendid natural scenery awaits on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A Common Wall butterfly (Lasiommata schakra) and Common Tortoiseshell feeding on nectar from a bright red wild Dahlia flower in the Jabbarkhet area of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

flowers

These pleasing Michaelmas daisies are a garden variety but have got naturalized and grown wild at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Western Himalaya.

flowers · hills

These brilliant purple Irises grow at the Wilderness Films Estate and conservation center in the Himalaya, and were brought to India by the British over 150 years ago, by ship! Iris is a genus of 260--300 species of flowering plants with sh…

Bhutan·flowers

Ranunculous, geraniums, Bluebells / Canterbury Bells and more, in the gardens of Wangdichholing in Bumthang, Bhutan.

hills · flowers

Potentilla atrosanguinea next to a stream, Geum allatum, Dandelions and other wild flowers of the Valley of flowers in Uttarakhand. Valley of flowers in the Himalayas.

flowers

Bristletips is a shrub to 2 m tall, with spreading, drooping branches. Leaves are elliptic acute, with 5-7 prominent parallel veins and numerous fine cross veins. Leaves have rusty star-shaped hairs beneath.

hills · school

Kalimpong is a hill station in the Mahabharat Range (or Lesser Himalaya) in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located at an average elevation of 1,250 metres (4,101 ft).

flowers

Go through a short tour of Sikkim's landscape, mighty mountains, culture and flora boasting of rich botanical diversity, varied species and especially the famous flowers and trees of the state and it's meticulous cultivation.

flowers · snow

Wild flora on the Gidara trek in Uttarakhand. Dayara Bugyal along with its twin Gidara Bugyal is perhaps one of the most beautiful alpine meadows in India.

hills · flowers

Camellias belong to the tea family. See a lovely white Camellia blooming at Himalayan Hotel in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. Kalimpong is a hill station in the Mahabharat Range (or Lesser Himalaya) in the Indian state of West Bengal.

flowers · industry

While this is a garden variety, the balsam plant is a native of the Himalayas and has colourful flowers. The flowers are sweet scented and the plant propagates through spreading of seeds by wind.

flowers

A Junonia lemonias butterfly, more commonly known as a Lemon pansy butterfly, shown in close up with the inner and outer wings displayed. Lovely audio of a Barbet calling in the backdrop! It is the most common of the six Pansies in India.

hills · flowers

Uttarakhand actually encompasses quite a bit of area in the plains too, around Udhamsingh Nagar, around Ramnagar and around Roorkee, too.

flowers · hills

The Brahma Kamal, the much reverred flower of the Himalayas, is an excellent example of plant life at the upper limit of high mountains (3,000-4,600 m).

flowers · monsoon

Gidara trek in Uttarakhand: view of Shrikantha peak and the Gangotri / Rudragaira range, as seen from Gidara buggyal.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A vibrant field of Garden Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) in full bloom in Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Immerse yourself in the vibrant beauty of red Rhododendron flowers, likely Rhododendron arboreum, in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Hundreds of deep purple Calla lilies fill our wildfilmsindia flower fields at Motidhar in Mussoorie. Note the white speckled nature of the leaves.