flowers

flowers · wildlife

An Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor), also known as the common garden lizard or changeable lizard, is perched on a piece of weathered wood. Its body has brownish-orange scales with a darker area around the neck and throat.

flowers · highway

A roadside flower bed features a large bush of Crown Daisy flowers (Glebionis coronaria), also known as garland chrysanthemum. The white-and-yellow daisy-like flowers move in the wind beside a paved multi-lane city road.

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Clusters of delicate white pear blossoms, locally known as nashpati flowers, bloom along dark brown tree branches. The flowers emerge on mostly bare branches, creating distinct groups of white blooms.

street food · flowers

Large metal cooking vessels are used to prepare Aliv Kheer, also known as Halim Kheer or garden cress seeds pudding, in Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi.

flowers · temple

A roadside flower stall displays fresh flowers and religious offerings commonly sold outside Hindu temples in India.

temple · fort

The ornate entrance gateway of a traditional Kerala temple opens into an inner courtyard, with heavy wooden doors and intricately carved stone pillars framing the entrance.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Archival footage shows the historic Model Floriculture Centre in Srinagar, now known as the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, with extensive ornamental flowerbeds and landscaped lawns.

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Macro footage shows several types of bugs and beetles associated with flowering and cultivated plants.

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Californian poppy, mustard and fenugreek (kasuri methi) plants flowering in a vegetable patch in Delhi.

flowers · wildlife

Jasmine climber vine full of fragrant blossoms in a garden in Delhi, with a Red-wattled Lapwing calling in the background.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Wild dahlias (Dahlia spp.) are shown blooming naturally against a misty mountain backdrop in the Mussoorie hills.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Archival footage shows the historic Model Floriculture Center in Srinagar, now known as the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, located at the foothills of the Zabarwan Range.

flowers · desert

A brightly patterned blister beetle from the Hycleus/Mylabris group is shown crawling across a bright yellow pumpkin flower. Its body displays contrasting red and black markings, characteristic of warning coloration known as aposematism.

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A bright pink petunia flower is shown with a soft, trumpet-shaped bloom surrounded by green foliage. The flower has delicate overlapping petals and a deep violet-colored throat at the center.

flowers · bazaar

Wholesale flower trading scene is shown at Ghazipur Flower Mandi in New Delhi, India. Several men are gathered under a blue metal awning, handling and organizing large quantities of fresh-cut flowers and decorative foliage.

flowers · bazaar

A wholesale flower market is shown at Ghazipur Flower Mandi in Delhi. Vendors and customers are seen handling and sorting piles of marigold and rose flowers and petals.

flowers · wildlife

A garden contains flowering plants and several pollinating insect species among green foliage. A common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) has a honey bee visiting its central flower disk.

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A small garden contains a variety of flowering plants in different colors and forms. Red and pink garden geraniums from the Pelargonium genus grow among green foliage with rounded leaves.

highway · flowers

Landscaped flower beds line the Inner Ring Road near the AIIMS Flyover in New Delhi, India. The roadside planting includes orange-and-yellow daisy-like flowers identified as Calendula or African daisies (Dimorphotheca), along with red and w…

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A blister beetle, likely belonging to the genus Hycleus, feeds on a yellow flower petal. The beetle may be Hycleus pustulata, formerly known as Mylabris pustulata.

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Ornamental kale and ornamental cabbage (Brassica oleracea) grow in a landscaped flowerbed at Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi, India. The plants feature white and purple-magenta rosettes arranged across the garden bed.

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An oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) is in full bloom, with white petals surrounding a yellow central disc. A small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) is resting on the white flower near its yellow centre.

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A stone-paved trekking path leads toward Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India.