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flowers · hills

Himalayan honeybees make several types of honey depending on the season and the elevation of the flowers that produce the nectar they eat.

hills · flowers

Himalayan honeybees make several types of honey depending on the season and the elevation of the flowers that produce the nectar they eat.

flowers · hills

Himalayan honeybees make several types of honey depending on the season and the elevation of the flowers that produce the nectar they eat.

flowers · coastline

A common rose butterfly which is a swallowtail butterfly hovers over the beautiful Vinca shrub in Nepal. Atrophaneura aristolochiae is found across tropical Asia from India and Sri Lanka to China, Taiwan and the Philippines.

flowers · forest

Of the over thirty species of Rhododendron in Nepal, the most renowned is Rhododendron arboreum, known as Gurans in Nepali.

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Once the misty started increasing at Mulde we started moving forward to the next nearest stop Dobata to rest for the night. A beautiful trail that goes through a profusion of shrub rhododendron flowers.

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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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As spindrift crystalline snow blows off the mighty summit of Dhaulagiri I in Nepal, we get a brilliant view of this Nepalese peak from the top of Mulde peak in the Annapurna Sanctuary during Rhododendron flowering season.

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One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower colour and leaf characteristics. Its species name arboreum means tree-like.

forest · flowers

Rhododendron dominated trail passing through alpine forest to Deurali in Nepal. When we started trekking from the Ghandruk village towards Deurali our stop on the 1st day of the trek we got to cross a beautiful alpine forest.

flowers · hills

The Rhododendron is the national flower of Nepal. The hills and mountain-side ranges of Nepal are decorated with different colours and shapes.

hills · flowers

Himalayan honeybees make several types of honey depending on the season and the elevation of the flowers that produce the nectar they eat.

Nepal·flowers

Budding Chrysanthemums in the Kesar Mahal Botanical Gardens, Kathmandu. Located in the heart of the Kathmandu city, near the Royal Palace is the Garden of Dreams, also known as the Kesar Mahal Garden.

flowers · industry

Rhododendron arboreum, also known as burans or gurans, is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

flowers · industry

Myositis alpestris or alpine Forget-me-not, Blue Pine cones on tree and Euphorbia. Myosotis alpestris or Alpine Forget-me-not is a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Myosotis.

flowers · industry

Roscoea purpurea is a perennial herbaceous plant occurring in the Himalayas, particularly 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.

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Iris, primula sikkimensis in a boggy meadow, ferns, Megacodon stylophorus (the single yellow flower on a long stalk at the beginning of the clip) and other species en route Chele la above Paro in Bhutan, June 2007.

flowers · snow

What a wonderful sight to behold on the Chela La Pass above Paro in Bhutan, at the end of winter, when the snow-melt occurs and sprigs of primula leaves appear, quickly leading to profuse purple florets as blooms.

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Major Madden's Rhododendron is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3-6 m in height, with leathery leaves that are lanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate, or elliptic, 5-15 by 2-8 cm in size. Leaf-stalks are grooved, 5-10 mm long.

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Major Madden's Rhododendron is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3-6 m in height, with leathery leaves that are lanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate, or elliptic, 5-15 by 2-8 cm in size. Leaf-stalks are grooved, 5-10 mm long.

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Major Madden's Rhododendron is a shrub or small tree that grows to 3-6 m in height, with leathery leaves that are lanceolate, oblong-oblanceolate, or elliptic, 5-15 by 2-8 cm in size. Leaf-stalks are grooved, 5-10 mm long.

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Sikkim Aster is an erect leafy perennial herb, growing up to 1 m tall. Branches are numerous, slender, bending. Leaves are thin, lanceshaped, long pointed, with margins toothed.