Conjoined twins in plant kingdom?

The "seme badne kaye" or "Seemae BaDhneKayi ", literally border brinjal has developed in a fascinating fashion. Its know as Chow chow vegetable or choyote or Christophene. It is a cucurbit related to the gourds and pumkins. Botanical name is Sechium edule.

Sanjivini Park or Happy man park

Happy Man

Ducks

A very unique park set in the heart of mysore, is sanjivini park, popularly known as the "Happy Man Park". With various ducks and other land based birds let out in the open make the park distinct.

Triplets in purple

Butterfly at mysore

Butterfly with orange streaks on black surface. The wings are brownish grey.

Yellow zerbera - see the effect of the shadow

Yellow zerbera - see the effect of the shadow. The shadow from the overhanging branch is causing a nice effect on the flower.

Robin without a hood is not robinhood

The robin was hoping around on the fence.

More and more birds are flocking to the garden with growing foliage.

Robin must not be confused with robinhood who actaully is from nottingham in england and is rather popular in literature.

Orange rose-close range photography

The orange rose in the garden seems to look good. It was another attempt at close range photography.

If the camera is very close, the image will be no better than a blur of color. The zoom has to be used carefully to get the picture.

the proper angle has to be selected, to avoid too much shadow. The time of the day and the position of the sun will also influence outdoor pictures greatly.

The red whiskered bulbul eggs hatch

The red whiskered bulbul that had laid eggs in the garden has now given birth to 3 young bulbuls. The three beaks can be seen as orange colored streaks.

The parent bird keeps guard on the nest as the eggs are about to hatch. Even after the eggs hatch, the nest is protected.



The next picture shows the red whiskered bulbul bringing food for the young birds. The food is generally small insects like grass hoppers and other worms that are found in the surrounding garden.

Generally one of the bird keeps watch on the nest, but sometimes both birds fly off in search of food.







The birds have become rather accustomed to humans and are easy to photograph. The birds have grown in size within a few days. I have to wait and see when they will learn to fly and fly away.

Bramhakamla or night queen in the garden

The Bramha kamala or night queen blooms at night. It is a fragrant flower that generally fades by the morning.

It was my first attempt at night photography, so i should say it is rather ok.

This time only two of these flowers bloomed in the garden. Generally the Bramhakamala is found in larger groups.

Daswala, zerbera (gerbera) and ooty flower

The yellow zerbera or gerbera has a light yellow shade. A ant can be seen on the flower at he lower right end of the flower.
The next flower is a purple colored daswala or daffodil. The Daswala or dasvala comes in numerous colours.


The flower which we have been calling as ooty flower, whose name (either common name or botanical name is not known to me--let me know if anybody is aware of it.)
Flowers of all colors.

A bubul in the garden

A Bulbul is in the garden. And the nest was visible enough to be photographed.

This is the Red-whiskered Bulbul as far identification is concerned.
But the greatest threat to these eggs is from cats and other rodents prowling the garden. It has three eggs in the nest, they are chocolate colored with white spots.

It has built the nest in the "Neelambra" a plant that gives blue flowers. As it is not flowering season now, the nest is safe.

Flowers in the garden

The following pictures are from the garden. These are the flowers that were got from potted plants.

Red Zerbera
A pink Zerbera

Blue buttons