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forest · flowers

In spring, the trails are scarlet with fallen rhododendron flowers and the trees are flowering and new leaves appearing. Birds are at their best at this time of the year and early mornings will give you vistas of the Himalayas.

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.

forest · flowers

Fresh spring-time Oak trees sport whitish leaf buds as they emerge from winter dormancy, having shed their older leaves. That is why our forest looks so white in March 2019.

Uttarakhand·flowers

A rhododendron tree in its full glory of scarlet flowers in Landour in spring, at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens and conservation zone.

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One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower colour and leaf characteristics.

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One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower colour and leaf characteristics.

flowers · farmland

These pleasing Michaelmas daisies are a garden variety but have got naturalized and grown wild at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Western Himalaya.

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A melange of Himalayan / Indian and garden flowers. The Seeta / Sita Ashok or Saraca asoca / indica tree is a brilliant bloomer, with flowers that grow off the trunk itself (as opposed to the stems).

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

The wild Kaith or Himalayan pear is a favourite of many Himalayan birds that visit it for nectar. Others visit it for the fruit which ripens after the monsoon season.

farmland · flowers

Apple Orchard in full bloom in Himachal Pradesh, India.

flowers · hills

A melange of spring-time flora from the middle Himalaya. The fresh leaf buds on the Rhododendrum arboreum coincide with the blooms, in this video, and that is rather unusual, for the leaf buds are supposed to appear post flowering.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Irises are flowering plants with showy flowers that belong to the iris family. There are 260 to 300 species of iris. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris.

forest · flowers

A brilliant day to night time lapse over the deodar trees at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden estate, from our front door, looking out to the monsoon plains and big sky country of north India!

Uttarakhand·flowers

Dahlia and Commelina coelestis in full bloom at Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet estate. You can also see the Commelina coelestis buds along with Commelina's pollen and stamen naked once the petals fell.

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A hillside in Mussoorie filled with colourful single dahlias in full bloom. Yellow, red, pink and combinations of colours of the flowers sprinkled across the shrubs of the hillside as bees come to them for nectar, while cicadas call in the…

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White and pink shades of garden cosmos in full bloom among deodar trees in Jabarkhet. Garden Cosmos are common flowers that do not require special care and bloom in two seasons in a year.

Uttarakhand·flowers

A walk among the sea of Mexican Asters which grow in the wild on the slopes of Jabarkhet. Watch these flowers in full bloom in slow motion.

Uttarakhand·flowers · forest

Garden Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) flowers swaying in the direction of the wind on the hillsides of Wildfilmsindia's private reserve in Jabbarkhet.

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A sea of garden Cosmos or Mexican Aster (Cosmos bipinnatus) in full bloom at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in the Himalaya. Cosmo is a common herbaceous plant with brightly coloured flowers.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Early winter flowers turn brown after the monsoon profusion, as they cover the slopes of Pari Tibba in Motidhar, in wildfilmsindia protected forests around Mussoorie.

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First the size of marbles and then the size of golf falls, these hail stone destroyed the Edelweiss, Lupine, gentian and Rhododendron saplings and plants being prepared at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

hills · flowers

Imagine being in the Himalaya and being subjected to the largest hail stones you ever saw, heavy thunder and powerful lightning? We enjoy such weather at wildfilmsindia, even if it kills all our spring flowering plants! First the size of ma…

hills · flowers

A huge hailstorm took us by surprise at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya. Our plant nursery was destroyed by the large hail stones.