Thanks Garg ji for pasting it from another thread. The flower in fact started to open up around 7.00pm.
The funny thing as we are asking people for directions, the younger generation were discouraging us saying there is nothing like it. But the old people were pointing as to the right place, explaining to the younger generation, there does exist a tree. Raman On Friday, January 4, 2013 10:07:59 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Earlier details from Raman ji in another thread: > "I took the pictures at sunset. So couldn't do any justice. > But was happy to see the tree behind Ibrahim Roza > Look at this article: > > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-editorialfeatures/the-rare-heritage-tree-of-bijapur/article1475871.ece?css=print > Raman" > > > > On 2 January 2013 20:25, raman <raman_ar...@yahoo.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> This 500 year old BaoBab's tree flower is my picture of the year >> >> Raman >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2030 members & > 1,42,000 messages on 31/12/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > --