hills

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

In monsoon profusion, this Gladiolus in pink blooms as a garden-escape run-wild at the wildfilmsindia Motidhar estate at Pari Tibba - the Fairy hill around Mussoorie, among the Agapanthus flower fields.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

These Dahlia flowers are competing with wild Himalayan flowers and cover by seeding and spreading themselves in the wild, as garden escapes.

hills · flowers

Rhynchostylis retusa or Foxtail Orchid in full bloom in North India Rhynchostylis retusa or Foxtail Orchids grow in profusion during the monsoon months in the Sal forests of the Dehra dun valley.

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

After a devastating forest fire, the mountainside gets regenerated with thousands of garden-escaped pink Crocus lilies or rain flowers that light up the hillside in summer-time, in the Uttarakhand hills around the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet…

Uttarakhand·farmland · hills

Peony buds begin to appear at the Himalayan Peony farm as part of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia in Mussoorie, in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

A garden escape species - Primula denticulata flowers in early spring at the wildfilmsindia estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · river

Arums collected and placed in vases look lovely in the Himalayan spring... The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed.

hills · river

The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed. A little more sunshine and rain and they will blossom forth even more! Nonetheless, there is much leafiness and the flowering stalks are beginning to appear next to our trout and m…

flowers · hills

Spring blossoms bringing a burst of colours to our Wilderness Estate. Blue Grape Hyacinth in full bloom and the sprinkles of Fairy Primrose in the flower pots and beds.

hills

Wild Dahlias in multiple colours are filmed having run garden-escape-wild on the way to Harsil Valley in Uttarakhand. Multiple colours and lush in the North Indian autumn.

flowers · hills

Our wildfilmsindia orchards and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya are over-flowing with Agapanthus flowering stalks - by the tens of thousands! Filmed around 11th July 2020.

hills · flowers

At the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalaya, daffodil heads starts flowering as the winter frost has ebbed and snows have melted. Warmer days lie ahead!

hills · monsoon

The big question - is this Commelina coelestis? And if so, is it an indigenous species? Or is it an import from Mexico that has gone wild in the western Himalaya? It grows profusely on monsoon rain-drenched slopes around Landour in the Augu…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

The Himalayan Peony or peonia emodi grows at moderately high altitudes in the Himalaya. Here, it has been cultivated at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand, along with an array of garden Iris varieties and colours.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A melange of spring-time flora from the middle Himalaya. A white Iris garden flower and Iris bruno flowers at the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

Bearded Iris Bruno and Iris Alba flowers in the western Himalayas of Uttarakhand. 'Bruno' Bearded Iris and Iris Alba flourishes in the western Himalayas Early spring and late winter flowering German Bearded rhizomatic Iris at wildfilmsindia…

Uttarakhand·flowers · monsoon

Rain lilies or Crocus Lily Zephyranthus is a member of the Amaryllis family. They are so named because they often bloom a few days after rain. They are usually planted in groups and in full bloom, they are quite the sight.

hills · flowers

The first summer showers arrive and the Zephyranthus crocuses start flowering, even carpeting the hillsides with their summer blooms, across the Himalaya.

farmland · flowers

A flori-culture venture deep in a western Himalayan forest, in Uttarakhand state. This farm has 50, 000 arum lilies for harvest and sale, as well as agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) and Peony of various varieties and colours.

flowers · hills

These brilliant purple Irises grow at the Wilderness Films Estate and conservation center in the Himalaya, and were brought to India by the British over 150 years ago, by ship! The yellow flowers behind are on a Berberis aristata shrub.

flowers · hills

These brilliant purple Irises grow at the Wilderness Films Estate and conservation center in the Himalaya, and were brought to India by the British over 150 years ago, by ship! Iris is a genus of 260--300 species of flowering plants with sh…

hills

Some lovely establishing shots of the rolling and misty hills of Nagaland, with kitchen gardens, Poinsettias before Christmas and small village huts. North-east India at her best!

hills · flowers

Himalayan Whorlflower is a beautiful evergreen perennial herb from the Himalayas. It adds charm to the Valley of Flowers, where it grows in abundance. The plant has flowering stems up to 1 m tall.