Flowers — Clipahoy

Water Lily grows in our Wilderness Orchard botanical gardens in Delhi

flowers · lake

Water lily blooming in a pond. One can also see school of fish...... Water lily (family Nymphaeaceae), any of 58 species in 6 genera of freshwater plants native to the temperate and tropical parts of the world.

Satyrium nepalensis, a ground Orchid that blooms in the Himalayan monsoon, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Satyrium nepalensis, a ground orchid seen at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Berberis aristata or kashmal shrubs grow at Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens, in Landour

Uttarakhand·hills · farmland

With a view out to the lower hills and plains below, a lone Himalayan Cedar or deodar trees grows at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Himalayan autumn flowering hillside: Dahlias, Cosmos and Yucca, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

The Wilderness Orchard botanical garden in Uttarakhand has splashes of colour as an entire hillside is painted with the blooms of dahlia, Yucca aloifolia, Cosmos and a lovely yellow flower that grows on a tall flowering stalk.

Bunches of plum blossom in the Himalaya - White-crested Laughting Thrush calling

flowers · hills

Some of the finest plum blossoms and then fruit come from the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in the western Himalaya. One can hear a White-crested Laughing Thrush calling in the background.

Daffodils, Muscari, Iris and Violets growing in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · flowers

Welcome to the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, with our March 2015 spring-time display of Daffodils and narcissus, flower bed edging of Muscari or grape hyacinth, gone-wild garden escape bearded blue Ir…

Indian Tortoise-shell butterfly on Plum blossom in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

An Indian Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais cashmiriensis) takes in nectar from plum blossoms at wildfilmsindia's Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Impatiens flowers in the monsoon bounty of the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

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.

Himalayan wild blue Violets are source of banafsha medicine, in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

Wild Viola biflora growing at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand. This plant's roots are the source of the Indian ayurvedic medicine known as banafsha.

Butterflies migrate into the Himalaya, in hordes, in Uttarakhand

hills · flowers

Did you know that a number of species of butterflies migrate to the plains of India in winter and then return to the middle Himalaya in early spring, in time for the profusion of mountain flowers and spring-time! These Cabbage-whites are fl…

Dark monsoon clouds well up from the plains, into the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Standing at 'Land's End' at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, one can see the monsoon clouds of the plains welling up into the hills, with the promise of rain...

Juicy plums from the Himalaya, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers

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

Slug crawls at geological pace in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills · coastline

A slug or snail crawls at geological pace on a moss-laden stone slope in the Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand. It leaves behind a slimy trail...

How a Dragonfly flies: slow motion in the Himalaya

hills · flowers

A dragonfly filmed at 400 fps (frames per second) at the Wilderness Orchard botanical garden in the Himalaya.

Help us identify these wild daisy-like flowers in the Himalaya, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers

We filmed these wild daisy-type wild (or garden escape?) flowers at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Landour, Uttarakhand, India. Help us identify the species!

Daisies galore at Wilderness Films' Jabbarkhet Estate, in Uttarakhand

flowers

Run wild Michaelmas Daisies flourish on the ground at the Wilderness Orchard botanical garden in Uttarakhand, with April having brought out the best of spring-time in the Himalaya...

Orchid blooms in 45 degrees Celcius: Rhynchostylis retusa or Foxtail flourish in Delhi's May heat

flowers

These bunches of Rhynchostylis retusa are commonly known as the Foxtail orchid. You can see them flowering in the open at our Wilderness Orchard botanical garden in South Delhi.

Jaonli peak as seen from Wilderness Orchard at Jabbarkhet, near Landour, Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·farmland · flowers

Jaonli is a high peak in the Garhwal Himalaya and was first climbed by a Doon School expedition led by Hari Dang in the 1960's.

Slug crawls over moss-laden stone, in Uttarakhand

coastline · hills

A slug or snail crawls at geological pace on a moss-laden stone slope in the Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand. It leaves behind a slimy trail...

Walking the Himalaya east of Landour: tracing the ridge-line above Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

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.

Himalayan day-break with Venus visible: botanical gardens, Jabbarkhet - Landour

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Himalayan day-break with Venus visible at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens, Jabbarkhet - Landour.

Himalaya in crimson hues of flowering Rhododendron at forest at Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

The most flamboyant of all Himalayan blooms, at least in terms of size and quantity, is surely the Rhododendron arboreum. Found across the Himalaya, the size of the Rhodo trees in wildfilmsindia's protected forests is truly remarkable.

Rhododendron arboreum flowering in the Himalayas, in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers

A rhododendron tree in its full glory of scarlet flowers in Landour in spring. One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand.