Flowers — Clipahoy

Purple, white & yellow Arum Lily harvest at Motidhar floriculture hub in Uttarakhand

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Purple and yellow Arum or Calla Lily harvest at the wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate floriculture hub in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Tamil women make garlands in Chennai of the 1990's: Archival footage of Madras flower markets

Tamil Nadu·flowers · bazaar

Tamil women make garlands in Chennai of the 1990's: Archival footage of Madras flower markets. A smily woman with red bindi and gold ear-rings cheerfully makes haars or garlands of flowers. Maska are also sold in this street market.

Tea Garden in western Himalaya: Uttarakhand also grows chai patti in plantations around Champawat

flowers · hills

The Golden Leaves Cafe in Kumaon with a deodar-tea garden forest-plantation interface. As the monsoon mists swirl around, have a look at one of the remant tea estates of the western Himalaya, in Kumaon.

Early morning aerial view of tea gardens around Pampadum National Park of The Westerns Ghats, Kerala

aerial · flowers

Early morning in the tea gardens around Pampadum Shola National Park in Kerala. Notice the eroded red lateritic soil surface where roads have been made, thus destroying the top soil, as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

Damas fashion show in India, showcasing jewellery from Mehul Choksi's brand - Bad Boy Billionnaire

crafts · flowers

Damas fashion show in India, showcasing jewellery from Mehul Choksi's brand - Bad Boy Billionnaire Lara Dutta pushes fugitive diamontaire Mehul Choksi's Damas jewellery range prior to his leaving India Lara Dutta: "I'll continue with this o…

Lara Dutta pushes fugitive diamontaire Mehul Choksi's jewellery line prior to his leaving India

crafts · flowers

Lara Dutta pushes fugitive diamontaire Mehul Choksi's Damas jewellery range prior to his leaving India Lara Dutta: "I'll continue with this once I accept the flowers. It's an honour for me to be associated with the Damas brand.

Lara Dutta & Mehul Choksi (who fled India since): All of can do our bit for nature, support BNHS

flowers

Lara Dutta: "I'll continue with this once I accept the flowers. It's an honour for me to be associated with the Damas brand. It draws its inspiration from nature, flowers, creatures of the sea, birds and basically the environment.

Did you know Uttarakhand grows tea? Champawat organic tea garden aerial view from western Himalaya

flowers · hills

As the monsoon mists swirl around, have a look at one of the remant tea estates of the western Himalaya, in Kumaon.

Less common than the White-breasted is this Indian or Common Moorhen seen in a Delhi wetland garden

lake · flowers

Less common than the White-breasted is this Indian or Common Moorhen seen in a Delhi wetland garden - the Wliderness Orchard.

Team clearing weeds from Agapanthus Lily fields in the western Himalaya

flowers · farmland

Clearing weeds from the lily fields is an important precursor to the monsoons when the Agapanthus start to flower.

Delicate gentle buds of Rhododendron arboreum seen up close at Agoda village in western Himalaya, in Uttarkashi

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

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.

Rhododendron tree being planted at Jabbarkhet Himalayan botanical arboretum, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

Planting native and indigenous species back onto Himalayan slopes where their numbers have reduced due to cow grazing and habitat loss, a Rhododendron arboreum tree sapling is planted at the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Himalayan botanical arb…

Slaty-headed Parakeet all but destroys Rhododendron flower petals as it feasts on them in Himalaya, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · flowers

Slaty-headed Parakeet all but destroys Rhododendron flower petals and entire flower head bunches as it feasts on them in the Himalaya When walking among the tree's branches, this tota actually uses its beak as a fifth leg, using it to locom…

Rhododendrons aflower in Agoda village above Uttarkashi, in the western Himalayan spring season

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Rhododendron arboreum or ghuras aflower in Agoda village above Uttarkashi, in the western Himalayan spring season.

Devotees offering flowers and milk to shivling Nandi Maha Shivratri, in Delhi

ceremony · flowers

Devotees offering flowers and milk to Shivling Nandi Maha Shivratri at a temple in New Delhi, people are performing aarti to Shivalinga, offering flowers and offering prasad.

Munnar Tea Estate Gardens in Nilgiris, Mattupetty Dam factory Eravikulam National Park Coimbatore

Ooty, Tamil Nadu·hills · flowers

Munnar Tea Gardens in Nilgiris Mattupetty Dam Tea Estate Tea factory Eravikulam National Park Coimbatore Nilgiris

Arisaema Himalayan Snake plant seed pods begin to ripen in our Himalayan forest, Agapanthus flowers, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Arisaema Himalayan Snake plant seed pods begin to ripen in our Himalayan forest, even as Agapanthus flowers among the yellow gladiolus at the wildfilmsindia botanical collection at Motidhar around Mussoorie Agapanthus flowers go crazy in th…

When the delicate buds of the Agapanthus Lily begin ton form and open at our Himalayan gardens, in Darjeeling

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Agapanthus flowers go crazy in the monsoon at wildfilmsindia botanical collections in the Himalaya, to the sound of Himalayan birdcall in our wildlife valley.

Agapanthus Lilies still in monsoon budding at our Motidhar floriculture fields, in Darjeeling

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Agapanthus flowers go crazy in the monsoon at wildfilmsindia botanical collections in the Himalaya, to the sound of Himalayan birdcall in our wildlife valley.

Agapanthus flowers go crazy in the monsoon at botanical collections in the Himalaya, in Darjeeling

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Agapanthus flowers go crazy in the monsoon at wildfilmsindia botanical collections in the Himalaya Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woodpec…

Giant Himalayan Bees fly and then crawl into gloves of otherwise poisonous Foxglove flowers

flowers · hills

Giant Himalayan Bees fly and then crawl into the gloves of poisonous Foxglove flowers at wildfilmsindia's mountains. The flowers and leaves of Foxglove may be poisonous but their nectar certainly is not!

Deep blue Clematis vine flowering on old log at botanical collection in the Himalaya

flowers · hills

In a lovely colour contrast, a deep blue Clematis vine flowers on an old log at wildfilmsindia botanical collection in the Himalaya.

Football Lilies bloom in Delhi monsoon warmth: Haemanthus is now called Scadoxus multiflorus

flowers · sport

Football lilies bloom in great profusion at our botanical collections in Delhi and up in the western Himalaya, with the advent of the monsoon rains...