मार्ग पर चलते हुए, मनन-चिंतन करते हुए, जहां तक गयी दृष्टि, छितराए पड़े थे, लाल फूल ही लाल फूल…….. ग्रीवा उठाकर इधर-उधर देखा, चहुंओर हरा और लाल, अनंत नीला परिप्रेक्ष्य, बीच-बीच में पुष्पवर्षा, साधारण सड़क किसी चित्र-सी सुशोभित । ना मानो, तो कुछ नहीं, हैं वही पुराने गुलमोहर, जो बूझ सको सौन्दर्य अगर…
Category: Plants, Trees, flowers and Fruits
Finding Vegetables –A Sneak Peek into a small Farm in mid- April
Little did I expect to find anything in the farm except discarded gram stalks, piled-up husk and bundles of garlic after the harvest of wheat, dhania (coriander) and lehsun (garlic). I had ventured into the farm in to peep inside the well, and to take some pictures of the stone façade (kot), as well as…
Kohefiza’s Surprise :: Tabebuia Rosea-alba in Bloom
Departing spring has flashed before me one of the most marvellous sights of the season. I feel blessed to have come across a full-sized TABEBUIA ROSEA-ALBA, that is, White Ipe, in its full bloom. I take morning walks in and around Kohefiza, the hill where blows the gentlest of breeze. It is a locality in…
सेमुल का वृक्ष
वृक्ष होना तो इतना कद्दावर, पुष्प होना तो लालमलाल, लाल होना तो फिर रक्तांबर, लगे पुष्प ही नहीं है मात्र, है परमपिता का आशीर्वाद ।5। तोड़े जाना तो प्रभु को चढ़ना , गिर जाना तो धरा में मिलना, सजना क्या प्रेयसी के केशो में, सजना हो तो हृदय में जाकर , अपना विशिष्ट स्थान बनाना…
Fond Remembrances of the Spring Gone By- Semul, Golden Trumpet & Sita Ashok
Corona took its time in arriving. Despite the occurrence of first death in India on January 30th, the scare did not reach Kolkata till the middle of March. This allowed nature worshippers to enjoy the whole of early Vasant in its full glory and colourful manifestations. One knows not when shall we be able to…
Jacaranda: Purple Corollas Against Blue Sky (Poem)
Precious Jacaranda,Cunning and coy!How do you bloomwith such unabashed joy?Whither the sweet fragranceof thy famed name? For the lost smell,Is Purple Panic to be blamed?Neither Exam tree,nor Neeli Gulmohar,Neelkantha suits thy frame. (11,contd.) Purple corollas against blue sky, Crown is sparse and cannot hide, The glow, or is it Indigo? (14) In a picture,or…
Pink Sightings in Kolkata – Tabebuia Rosea in Bloom
If any flowering tree could have enhanced the beauty of ITC Royal Bengal , it is surely ROSY TRUMPET or Pink Poui, botanically TABEBUIA ROSEA. Also called as Basanti Rani , it belongs to Jacaranda family, genus Bignoniaceae. I was mesmerized as I witnessed the splendour of these pink flowering trees along the backdrop of…
Spring in Salt Lake – Palash & Rudrapalash
YELLOW PALASH ORANGE PALASH & Red Semul RUDRAPALASH Palash is Butea monosperma. The flowers are Yellow and Orange-red in colour. Rudrapalash is Spathodea campanulata. I have yet spotted only its Orange-red flower, but have also read about the yellow variety. RUDRAPALASH Flowers – Note its five petals, one pistil and 4 stamens. The Bud is…
ROSES, In All Colours Sublime
A Poem in four paragraphs (32 lines) and some Rose photographs
SPLASH in Salt Lake – Words Pale Against Obscenity of Colours
Walking under bright sun and life-sapping humidity of an April afternoon made me hallucinate . I saw kaleidoscopic patterns all around myself ,most of them daubed in obscenely loud colours . Some shades were bright enough to force a gasp,others were in such a mix as to widen my eyes . Thankfully I…
Flowers & Colours in Salt Lake – Bidding Goodbye to the Bountiful Spring
Upcoming summer has already consumed most of the spring bloom . But late spring still has many colourful delights to offer before it finally bids us farewell .By the time April arrives ,only Gulmohars shall remain ,along with possibly few kanairs . Golden rains of Amaltas shall begin flowering only by the end of…
FLOWERING TREES OF SALT LAKE- Colours Everywhere !
Till a month back ,I knew more about Rafales and Migs than I was aware of the flowers and trees in my neighbourhood. Regarding my lack of exposure,suffice is to say that I mistook a RUDRAPALASH flower for a Hibiscus when one of the former fell upon me . I looked up to…
Abhinav Pancholi 