wonderful... never saw the blue flowers... that turn the hills blue, is what I have been told... a sight to see... I am hoping to train for the hills by the time the next show comes along...
in the meantime I'll enjoy these... Usha di ======. .. On Jun 12, 8:04 pm, raghu ananth <raghu_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Came across these purple blooms in the forest hills of Kakkabbe-Nalnad. They > appear to be a Karun Kurinji flowers Strobilanthus lupulina . > Syn Strobilanthes heyneanus > (The famed Nila-kurinji Strobilanthes kunthiana flowers are by nature > plietesials - blooms once in 12 years. ) > > Native Shrub > http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Karun%20Kurinji.html > > > Habitat Forest hills, forest path, > Place: Betweeen Kakkabbe-Nalnad and Thadiandamol, coorg, Part of western > ghats, Karnataka > Date: Sep 03 2009 > > Regards > > Raghu > > DSC_5555.jpg > 204KViewDownload > > DSC_5556.jpg > 218KViewDownload > > DSC_5557.jpg > 235KViewDownload > > DSC_5558.jpg > 222KViewDownload > > DSC_5559.jpg > 208KViewDownload
