The double-petaled hibiscus does not have any fragrance.
But it charms and enchants us with its wonderful colours, softness.
Oh my dearest hibiscus, what a beauty you are!
That is my mother in the background, and this is a snap from a home garden on an evening walk with her.
Double Hibiscus
Wow! This is a snap of an ashgourd plant flowering in my home garden. Looks so beautiful, doesn’t it? It is strange how fractals rule the universe-in the veins of flowers, plants, trees, veins, lightning, galaxies, nebulae, everything…
The bright yellow colour of this flower makes it look as if the Sun God is blessing us with His divine grace.
Ash Gourd Flower
This flower from Tagore Park, Mangaluru.
Gladiolus
These flowers from near our home.
Lantana
This is a snap of the water apple I took in our home garden.
Its latin name is Syzygium Aqueum.
The fruit of this plant is very juicy and sweet.
Because of its sweetness, it is sometimes infested with worms.
This tree grows quite tall at nearly 4 metres and taller. The birds, squirrels and other small animals at our gardens love this fruit.
Water apple
Lily (latin name lilium) is a plant having big and showy flowers, with fragrance sometimes. I took this snap in my home garden. The lily flowers have many varieties and hybrids, and are among the flowers most favoured for floral arrangement. These flowers are propagated through their bulbs, which are like onion bulbs.
Lilium
Called as the Insulin Plant popularly, its latin name is Chamaecostus cuspidatus. In Hindi, it is called as Keukand. It is a part of the ginger family, of which the ginger and turmeric are also a part. Its dried leaves are used in Ayurvedic Medicine, and it is purportedly used for its anti-diabetic properties.
This plant is indigenous to Brazil, South America.
We had one plant growing in our garden. I took a snap of the flowers of the plant. My in-laws did not test its diabetic efficacy, hence I cannot comment on it.
Wikipedia link given below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaecostus_cuspidatus
Chamaecostus cuspidatus
These flowers of Pineapple from our home garden.
Flowers of pineapple
Sharing a snap of Plumeria Obtusa (Gola Sampige). These are indigenous to West Indies and other parts of the Americas. However, over the years, they have become naturalised in China and are also found in many parks in India.
The flowers of this tree have a calm, light and soothing fragrance, especially at night.
The tree could grow up to 50 feet though they start flowering much earlier. It adapts well to all kinds of tropical area.
The name Gola Sampige is used in and around Dakshina Kannada, though these plants are of a genus different from the original Magnolia, which is the original Sampige flowering tree.
Plumeria Obtusa
Baby coconuts
Chaayaamalikaa 