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Rediscover Yourself Among The Beautiful Orchids

Radhika — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:00:31 +0000

Vuda Flower & Bonsai Plants Show 2010

Aditya — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:44:04 +0000

Photos: Gorgeous Tulips at Tulip Festival, Seattle

Aditya — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:35:40 +0000

A tulip is a perennial plant in the genus Tulipa, comprising about 150 bulbous species with showy flowers, in the family Liliaceae. The species native range includes southern Europe, north Africa, and Asia from Anatolia and Iran in the west to northeast of China. The centre of diversity of the genus is in the Pamir and Hindu Kush mountains and the steppes of Kazakhstan. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, used as pot plants or as fresh cut flowers. Most cultivars of tulip are derived from Tulipa gesneriana. [Read More about Tulips at Wikipedia]

Photography: Kaushik Chitrapu

More Information of Tulip Festival at TulipFestival.org

Amazing Floral Carpets at Brussels

Radhika — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:25:15 +0000

Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, sees the bi-annual event of massive display of beautifully decorated flower carpets. Here are some interesting pictures of flower carpets for you.

Rafflesia Arnoldii – A Rare Giant Flower

Radhika — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:31:24 +0000

Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest flower having a diameter of about one meter and weighing up to ten kilograms. It is a rare flower and not easily located. It grows only once a year and blooms for around five days. According to researches in discovery news, this flower that looks and smells like rotting flesh is related to flimsy flowers like violets, poinsettias and passionflowers. Hence it also called as “meat flower” or “corpse flower”. The flower is pollinated by flies and carrion beetles attracted by its vile smell. It contains about 27 species and found in Indonesian rain forests of southeastern Asia and Philippines. Rafflesia is an official state flower of Indonesia, Surat Thani Province in Thailand and Sabah state in Malaysia.

Rafflesia is a genius of parasitic flowering plants. It was discovered in Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr Joseph Arnold in 1818 and thereafter it was named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.

Bunch of Pulchritudinous Flowers | 40 Pics

Aditya — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:17:05 +0000

Photography: Sairam Maganti (Tollywood Film Photographer)

Roses in Fascinating Yellow Shades

Radhika — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:53:50 +0000

Beautiful Rose Couples

Radhika — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:59:32 +0000

Do you like Wild Flowers?

Radhika — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:09:52 +0000

Bird of Paradise: An Unusual and Beautiful Flower

Radhika — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:42:44 +0000

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae) also called as Crane Flower is a monocotyledonous flowering plant originated from South Africa that resembles brightly coloured birds in flight. This plant grows about 2 m tall, with large and strong leaves set in two positions making a fan-shaped crest. The hard beak-like sheath from which the flower emerges is named as spathe. The spathe is positioned perpendicular to the stem, therefore appears like a bird’s head and beak. The flowers consisting of three bright orange sepals and three purplish-blue petals emerge one at a time from the spathe. Likewise, there are many species in the genus Strelitzia which are also called as Bird of Paradise. I’m herewith presenting some striking pictures of this beautiful flower.