Himalayas — Clipahoy

Saxifrage or Bergenia, known as Shilphara in Sanskrit, for this plant can crack rocks!

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…

Rhododendron nivale (Dwarf snow Rhododendron) in Sikkim

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.

Himalayan Silver Fir cone covered in resin at Jabbarkhet Arboretum

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

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

Common poppy flowers across Himalayan foothill landscape

flowers · hills

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.

Foxgloves bloom in the strangest fashion, with flowers opening out at the top of the infloresence

flowers

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.

Magnolia soulangeana first bred by Napoleon's army cavalry officer, now grows at, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · industry

We get busy planting Magnolia soulangeana and Camellia at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collections, during the monsoon planting season.

Spring time day at 's mountains and botanical collections at Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Seasons and moods at our wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya. As the clouds rise up the valley - and this has been a moist spring and summer - the Irises open with the warming days.

Gardening and flower seed planting at Wilderness Orchard - Timelapse of men at work, in Delhi

flowers · hills

Early winter seed planting in Delhi so we can carry up the saplings to the Himalaya in spring, to establish them at our Himalayan botanical gardens...

Dwarf Snow Rhododendron(Rhododendron nivale) in Tibet

flowers · snow

Dwarf Snow Rhododendron is a small spreading, often gregarious, shrublet found on drier alpine slopes. It grows up to 50 cm tall with densely scaly branchlets.

Tibetan poppy (Meconopsis grandis) stunning bloom in Tibet

flowers · hills

Himalayan blue poppy is a stunning pure blue poppy. It is native to the Himalayas, northern Burma, Tibet and Yunnan Province in China where it is typically found in shady mountain areas, mountain meadows, slopes and woodlands.

Cancer drug Podophyllum hexandrum and Primula sikkimensis and glomerata in Sikkim

flowers · industry

An alpine meadow covered in rare bloom! A June visit to north Sikkim in India yields a rich species list of primulas and Rhododendrons, including Primula strumosa (the yellow one is not sikkimensis!) and glomerata (the blue species) and the…

The beautiful flowering plant 'Yucca filamentosa' during monsoon in Uttarakhand

flowers · industry

From the WildFilmsIndia Jabberkhet Estate, this Yucca filamentosa or Yucca flower stands almost 6ft high, full of whitish colored flower. The stem covered with buds of flowers weighs almost around 4kgs.

Spring-time brilliance of Indian Kusum tree's flaming red leaves, in Punjab

flowers

Kusum is a beautiful tree with a broad, shady crown, found widespread in Tropical Himalayas (Punjab to Nepal), India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia.

Beautiful Flowers of Sikkim: Blue Poppy, Primulas and Ground Orchids

flowers

Tube Lousewort - the botanical name siphonantha arises from siphon - tube, and anthus - flower. It probably refers to the abnormally long and narrow flower-tube and/or the upper petal which is strongly twisted into a tube.

Black Bulbul feasts on nectar and insects during flowering of rhododendron trees

flowers · birds

Springtime in the Himalaya is a season of plenty for all creatures after the harsh Himalayan winters.

Large Bellflower (Campanula latifolia) in Valley of flowers, in Nepal

flowers · industry

This beautiful perennial plant can be found growing in the wild in the Himalayas, from Kashmir to Nepal. It is a handsome leafy plant bearing elegant spikes of large, nodding, dark blue-purple, bell-shaped flowers.

Vanda cristata is a beautiful epiphytic orchid species native to the Himalayan region

flowers · hills

Vanda cristata (also known as Trudelia cristata) is a beautiful epiphytic orchid species native to the Himalayan region. It is commonly found growing on tree trunks and moss-covered branches in subtropical and temperate forests.

Meconopsis integrifolia from Tibet, budding at botanical arboreta in Uttarakhand

flowers · monsoon

Meconopsis integrifolia from Tibet, budding at Wildfilmsindia botanical arboreta in Uttarakhand Grown with seed provided by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, this is Meconopsis integrifolia ex Zheduo Shan, with reflective rain drops accumulat…

Foxgloves or Digitalis flower spires look lovely at Jabbarkhet, but are poisonous

Uttarakhand·flowers

With the Grey-winged Blackbird calling out cheerfully and tunefully, tall nodding spikes of foxglove stand in Lord of the Rings Shire-type situations at our botanical collections in the Himalaya.

Meconopsis integrifolia from Tibet, budding at botanical arboreta in Uttarakhand

flowers · monsoon

Meconopsis integrifolia from Tibet, budding at Wildfilmsindia botanical arboreta in Uttarakhand Grown with seed provided by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, this is Meconopsis integrifolia ex Zheduo Shan, with reflective rain drops accumulat…

Jaonli peak as seen from Wilderness Orchard at Jabbarkhet, near Landour, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·farmland · flowers

Jaonli is a high peak in the Garhwal Himalaya and was first climbed by a Doon School expedition led by Hari Dang in the 1960's.

Fields of Himalayan Thyme or ajwain carpet the meadows of Sarchu

hills · flowers

Thymus linearis is a diminutive but remarkable Himalayan flowering plant (even herb) of dry slopes and edges of meadows. The leaves have a typical thyme like fragrance , when pressed between the fingers.

Rare Primula stuartii flowering at Darwa Top, during monsoons

flowers · hills

Filmed in 1994, so truly one from the archives! In the background, one can see Rhododendron anthopogon flowering in clumps of shrubs.

Upright Birch or Bhojpatra trees on a slope: Dayara Gidara Bugyal trek, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

Himalayan Birch or Betula utilis trees or bhoj parta on the bark of which old Hindu manuscripts were written! A splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand.