“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

On a forested slope at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains, garden run-wild Crocus Lilies flower in profusion, on Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens slopes ravaged by forest fire less than two months back, in the Uttarakhand Himalay…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

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

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Seeding seed pods of the Agapanthus lily growing around Champawat, Kumaon, India. Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales.

flowers · hills

While many western flowers came from the Himalaya, this Digitalix or Foxglove is actually a European flower, seen growing here in central Bhutan's Bumthang valley.

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The flower buds on the rhododendron bushes open, producing beautiful, showy blossoms and a gorgeous display of color. This is a wonderful time of year for gardeners, photographers, and everyone else who loves the plants.

hills · flowers

Meconopsis paniculata in Sikkim Himalaya, seen in end Jun 2022 with droplets of monsoon rain water, in the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary beyond Lachung village, en route Yumthang in North Sikkim.

industry · wildlife

A close macro view of an Old World Swallowtail caterpillar feeding on a fennel plant. The larva displays striking orange, black, and yellow spotted patterns along its body as it slowly crawls and eats the soft green leaves of Fennel.

flowers · hills

Tortoiseshell butterfly on peach blossom at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet fruit orchard in Uttarakhand Tortoiseshell Butterfly suns itself, wings outspread and quivering in order to dry them.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Early spring and late winter flowering German Bearded rhizomatic Iris at wildfilmsindia cold weather botanical collections in the Himalaya.

flowers · hills

Ox-eye daisies run wild in our hill-station! Daisies are those bright, long lasting, ever blooming perennial plants that every gardener loves.

flowers · industry

Wild Peonis growing on the road between Joshimath and Auli, in Uttarakhand, India. A tall, almost shrubby plant that attracts attention by way of its large showy white or pinkish flowers with deep yellow stamens and large deeply-cut leaves.…

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Snowdrop flower bulbs or Galanthus are grown in both cold winter regions and moderate winters but keep in mind they truly dislike warm winters.

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Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20--26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3--2 m (1 ft 0 in--6 ft 7 in) tall.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Juicy plums on a tree laden with fruit at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Landour, Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

A mixed alpine garden of Jacob's ladder, Anemone, Ranunculus and Dactylorhiza. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (as named by Necker), is a species of terrestrial (ground-based) orchid. Different kinds of wild flowers in Valley of flowers.

flowers · hills

The Wilderness Orchard and Himalayan botanical garden comes together with a major round of autumn planting of bulbs all of which have started flowering this winter-spring! Visit us in Uttarakhand, if you're in this part of the world...

hills · flowers

A Great Blackvein butterfly is feeding on nectar from a small wildflower in a natural outdoor habitat. Its pale wings marked with dark vein patterns are visible while it remains perched on the flower during feeding activity.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

These Impatiens or wild Balsam flowers were filmed at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, during the peak of the monsoon season.

flowers · industry

View the entrance to the Shingba / Singhba Rhododendron sanctuary on the outskirts of Yumthang in north Sikkim. See a Rhubarb plant (which is edible!) next to a flowering plant of Yellow Poppy.

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Daphnis nerii (formerly Deilephila nerii), known as the oleander hawk-moth or army green moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family.

flowers · snow

How strange to see hot-house variety hybrid orchids with snow and a cold Himalayan lake in the backdrop - hardly an environment in which orchids would thrive! And yet - here is a Himalayan lake in the Sikkim winter with orchids brought outd…

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Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), also called evergreen magnolia, bull-bay, big-laurel, or large-flower magnolia, has large fragrant white flowers and evergreen leaves that make it one of the most splendid of forest trees and a v…

flowers · hills

Ox-eye daisies, which are very similar to the Michaelmas daisies in look, prosper in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India. Michaelmas or Easter daisies (Aster novi-belgii) were once popular in gardens, but are rarely seen now.

flowers · industry

Wild Peonies growing on the road between Joshimath and Auli, in Uttarakhand, India. A tall, almost shrubby plant that attracts attention by way of its large showy white or pinkish flowers with deep yellow stamens and large deeply-cut leaves…