Yellow Peacock Flower

| Peacock Flower

Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics of the Americas.

Kerala

| Ixora

"Ixora Pavetta" ; Other common names include viruchi, rangan, kheme, ponna, chann tanea, techi, pan, siantan, jarum-jarum/jejarum, jungle flame, jungle geranium, cruz de Malta among others.

Munnar

| Jacobina

Jacobina plants are perennial shrubs for gardens, featuring lush foliage that forms into an attractive canopy

Bengaluru

| Nymphaea mexicana

Nymphaea mexicana is native to the Southern United States and Mexico. Common names include yellow water lily, Mexican water lily and banana water lily.

Arizona

| Barrel cactus

The yellow ( also red) flowers and yellow fruit always grow at the top of the cactus.

Bakel

| Goat's Foot

Also called Bayhops or Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae ) is a creeper easily found on the upper edges of lonely/undeveloped beaches.

This creper earns its name due to the shape of its leaves, with resemblance to the paired hoof prints of a goat.

The seeds are unaffected by salt water and usually carried by the ocean waves, so the spread of this vine along the coastlines.

Hassan

| Marigold Farm

Marigold field near Hassan, Karnataka

Shot @ Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

| frangipani

Shot @ Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu

Water Lilly (Nymphaeaceae)

| Water Lily

Water Lilly (Nymphaeaceae)

Lotus Blooming

| Purple Lotus

Lotus Blooming

Southern magnolia

| Southern magnolia

Southern magnolia

Shot with Nifty Fifty ( f/2.8, 1/100 sec)

| f2.8 shot

Shot with Nifty Fifty ( f/2.8, 1/100 sec)

Neela Erukku or Crown Flower shot in Western Ghats.

| Calotropis Gigantea

This an endemic plant in most of India.

This is the state flower of Kerala in India. Also the national flower of Thailand.

| Golden Shower bloom.

This is the state flower of Kerala in India. Also the national flower of Thailand.

| Gomphrena

Gomphrena

My favorite on the complementary color study.

| Red & Green

My favorite on the complementary color study.

Phal ( Phalaenopsis ) popularly called as moth orchid ( thanks to the petal shape) . Shot at home garden.

| Moth Orchid

Phal ( Phalaenopsis ) popularly called as moth orchid ( thanks to the petal shape) . Shot at home garden.

Bougainvillea Flower

| Bougainvillea Flower

Native to South America, bougainvillea carry several names in the different regions where they are present. Apart from Rioplatense Spanish santa-rita and Peruvian Spanish papelillo, it may be variously named primavera, três-marias, sempre-lustrosa, santa-rita, ceboleiro, roseiro, roseta, riso, pataguinha, pau-de-roseira and flor-de-papel in Brazilian Portuguese.

Mimosa pudica

| Mimosa pudica

(from Latin: pudica "shy, bashful or shrinking"; also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, action plant, Dormilones, touch-me-not, shameplant, or shy plant) is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae and Magnoliopsida taxon, often grown for its curiosity value: the compound leaves fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, defending themselves from harm, and re-open a few minutes later.

Lotus pond

| Lotus pond

Inside Ranganathttu Bird Sanctuary on the banks of Kaveri River

Shot with Iphone camera

| Shot with Iphone camera

Some time the iphone camera works as good as the slr

Bangalore

| Colvillea Racemosa

Colvillea Racemosa at Lalbagh Garden in Bangalore

Blooms only in the night

| Dragon fruit flower

Shot under my car's headlamp

Ooty

| Dandelion

The name Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) comes from the French 'dent de lion' , translates to "lion's tooth" referring to the plant's leaves that are toothed.