“Himalayas”

flowers · hills

Already spring in the Himalaya! A variety of colours of Anemone flowers bloom in winter sunshine at wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate in Uttarakhand.

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Mammoth Vernus Crocus Flower Record shuts for night, at wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in the Himalaya

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Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) suck nectar from garden escape not-gone-wild Dahlia flowers on a sunny day in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary.

hills · flowers

Himalayan Heather is a small branched tufted shrub which can grow to a foot high. Many stems are clustered together in parallel.

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The sun rises from behind Srikanta peak and adjacent range peaks in the Garhwal Himalaya. Late flowering Geum elatum is an unusual sight in October, but the Aconitum violaceum is usually seen at this time itself, in the autumn season, and t…

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Peony flowering season peaks at wildfilmsindia in the Himalaya: Pink fragrant peonies in bloom at Motidhar Our peony blooms attain a giant size, thanks to the Himalayan shunshine and Bindal stream and spring waters.

hills · flowers

Anemone in a deep pink, Arum Lilies by the thousands, daffodils of many kinds, with Thrushes calling in our forested bowl. Peoniflorum tulips start to bloom in spring at the Pari Tibba botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia in Uttarakhand.

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Walking the Oak and Rhododendron mixed forested hills and mountains east of Landour, along the forested trails of the Wilderness Orchard and conservation zones at Jabbarkhet, managed and owned by wildfilmsindia.

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Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperialis or wild Dahlias filmed at our wildfilmsindia forest in Jabbarkhet, Landour-Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. These enchanting blooms look like summer but it has been filmed in winter.

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Early winter time planting, in time for spring flowering, of bori sack fulls of yellow and blue bearded Iris rhizomes brought from Srinagar, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Landour - Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

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That lovely call is that of a Lesser Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker as it approaches our plum tree as it flowers, even as a Stripe-throated or Whiskered Yuhina looks around with great circumspection.

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Delicate gentle buds of Rhododendron arboreum begin to open up, as seen up close at Agoda village in western Himalaya, en route Dodital Lake beyond Uttarkashi.

hills · river

The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed. A little more sunshine and rain and they will blossom forth even more! Nonetheless, there is much leafiness and the flowering stalks are beginning to appear next to our trout and m…

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Alpine Meadows of the Himalaya: Buggyals of Garhwal, misty grasslands flower covered summer pastures

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These leafy bracts confidently emerging from our beds are the leaves and pre-bud spathes of the tulips at our botanical gardens in the Himalaya. The flower buds look promising.

hills · wildlife

Rhododendron campanulatum shrubbery in the higher Garhwal Himalaya, interspersed with Himalayan Birch / Bhoj patra or Betula utilis forests, makes for excellent Monal Pheasant, Bharal or Blue Sheep and Musk Deer habitat!

forest · hills

Plump Kaleej Pheasant walks around wildfilmsindia fields of Arum Lily and Peonies in western Himalaya. They cross our Bindal stream and drink water from a pure source.

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Golden hour sunset glow on German Iris flower bed at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet, with daisies Bearded Iris bruno, a German rhizomatic grows in spring time warmth of wildfilmsindia botanical garden Bearded Iris Bruno and Iris Alba flowers in…

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While cultivated cherry trees bloom in spring, the wild Prunus of the western Himalaya flowers in early winter, to a glorious showing of pink and deep pink. The next tree is a Spathodium or Tulip Tree.

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Globe Primrose or Primula glomerata is distinguished by its compact spherical head of many blue flowers, carried on top of stem 10-30 cm tall.

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Roscoea purpurea and Agapanthus lily flowers in Kumaon. Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales.

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Bearded Iris flower mid-winter at our wildfilmsindia gardens, the winter sun setting the stage for cold weather blooming.

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Giantest Arum or Calla Lilies ever ever saw grow at wildfilmsindia estate in the western Himalaya The giantest Arum Lily blooms flower at our wildfilmsindia Motidhar valley in Mussoorie, western Himalaya.

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Marigold flowers from July to September. The scented flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). It is hardy to zone 6 and is frost tender. The lower leaves are broad and spatula shaped.