“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

It is spring-time in the protected areas of wildfilmsindia in the western Himalaya where we protect wild species of birds and animals, plants and trees, and their habitats, and also have a lovely botanical garden.

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Filmed at 400 frames per second in windy weather, this gone-wild Dahlia plant's flower head moves in apparent slow motion when played back in regular motion, in the Indian Himalaya.

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Edible Mayflower is a plant 45-80 cm tall. Rhizomes are tuberous, 1-2 cm thick. Stem is zigzagged, distally velvet-hairy or becoming hairless.

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Rhododendron campanulatum, the most prolific high altitude shrub rhododendron flower across the Himalaya. Seen here growing on an open, grassy meadow in the Annapurna National Park in Nepal.

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Two Leaved Chirita is a perennial herb with erect stem up to 25 cm tall. The stem is leafless at the base during flowering, and has 2 unequal leaves above.

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Rhododendron campanulatum, the most prolific high altitude shrub rhododendron flower across the Himalaya. Seen here growing on an open, grassy meadow in the Annapurna National Park in Nepal.

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Help us solve this botanical riddle! Is this plant Rosularia rosulata, Saxifraga, Gypsophila, Cerastium, Arenaria griffithii, Androsace or something else? It was filmed on 25th October 2014, at an altitude of 10, 500 feet en route Yamunotri…

flowers · livestock

Sheep grazing the amazing green carpet like grass in the Gidara Bugyal in Uttarakhand. A splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand.

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.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Natural beauty of Jabarkhet arboretum, nestled in the middle Himalayas near Landour and Mussoorie.

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Dendrobium parishii flowering in the wildfilmsindia arboretum and botanical gardens in Delhi. Dendrobium parishii (Parish's dendrobium) is a species of orchid native to Asia.

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Primula eliator, perhaps? What garden varieties of Primulaceae are these? Primulas in the Himalayan spring, but not wild species - garden Primulas all! All are seen at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens around Landour in Uttarakhand.

hills · flowers

A range of varieties of Tulips and Daffodils with orange centers, Dutchmaster double yellows and other varieties, flourish and bloom in the Himalayan spring, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Western Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · flowers

An old world Himalayan hospitality experience awaits you at Hotel Wildflower Hall in Shimla, a flagship destination property for the Oberoi group of Hotels.

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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! The yellow flowers behind are on a Berberis aristata shrub.

Uttarakhand·flowers

In May each year, thousands of Great Blackvein butterflies (Aporia agathon) descend on the blooms of the Himalayan Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica) at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

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Potentilla atrosanguinea, commonly known as Himalayan cinquefoil or ruby cinquefoil, is a vigorous herbaceous perennial of the rose family that typically grows in spreading mounds to 18-30” tall.

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A multitude of flowering Rhododendron shrubs, of different species, light up the slopes of upper north Sikkim, in the month of June.

flowers · hills

Mulde Peak, commands a majestic sweep of the central Himalaya from its 3,650m perch. This is Poon Hill minus the crowds, higher and closer to the Annapurnas. The trek to Mulde is lined with different species of rhododendron trees.

industry · flowers

This plant is known as Shilphara / Sheelphara in Sanskrit for so strong are its roots that it is said they can penetrate rocks and crack them open! Also known as Bergenia stracheyi or Saxifrage in English, this is a lovely spring-time flowe…

flowers · snow

In spring, from late April to mid May, the forests of Sikkim are ablaze with brilliant rhododendron blossom for miles and miles. Dwarf Snow Rhododendron is a small spreading, often gregarious, shrublet found on drier alpine slopes.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A striking upright cone of the Himalayan Silver Fir growing among dense needle-like foliage at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum.

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This footage features wide and tight shots of the Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) blooming across the foothills of the Himalayas, showcasing its delicate beauty against a natural mountain landscape.

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Foxgloves bloom in the strangest fashion, flowers open out at the top of the infloresence, as the flowers bloom beautifully at the wildfilmsindia botanical collections at Motidhar in the Himalaya.