We derive a great deal of pleasure in
watching our kids grow. The Wandering
Mind has discovered a sculpture at Badami depicting the four stages of
childhood – first when the child is sleeping all the time, then, he begins
crawling, then he stands, and finally, he does all sorts of gymnastics!. A
similar feeling is also associated with our pets. The plants in our gardens are
no exception.
Some six years back I brought few
plants of Heliconia Rostrata (Lobster Claw) as they were not obtainable at this
place. After two years they started flowering and I was thrilled to see them
grow. In the recent years because of over growth of a Shivali/Night Jasmine tree
I had to remove all other smaller plants beneath and transplant them in earthen
pots. I specially bought a wider cement pot (24”) for planting Heliconias. They
are there and new shoots are coming up but they refused to bear flowers during
the last few years.
For the five years the monsoon was
erratic and the rains were inadequate. Fortunately this year it was not so. We
had very good rains and my Heliconias probably sensed this and happily started
bearing flowers.
I tried to capture their stage wise
growth and they are here:
This last one seems to be the end of it.
Beautiful pictures, its always nice to see a new bud in our garden. :)
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The feel of seeing something planted by our own hands, grow is inexplicable... Lovely pictures, good to see them happy..
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful, bright and gorgeous flower. Lovely post.
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lovely pictures . how many days did it all take
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Nothing like the joy from first bloom. Great pictures.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Bikram. It was around 10 days in all.
how beautiful, they look too exotic to survive here in the north east of England.
ReplyDeleteNice to see them flower...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful..!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...love that colour...
ReplyDeleteThey are breathtaking ! Capturing them at different stages is brilliant .
ReplyDeleteHi P.N.! Wonderful. There are lots of them in the Island where I was born: Madeira...
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Wonderful sequence of shots.
ReplyDeleteOh! It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNice presentation.
Really heart stealing.
Thanks.
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Lovely shots! Heliconias are my favourite plants. Unfortunatelly Portugal is too dry in summer and too cold in winter for them to thrive here. Wish you all the best for 2012.
ReplyDeleteYou have captured beauty growing...much like our children
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos. More than that you are a fantastic gardener.Your patience has finally paid after a long waity.Marvelous.
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Joseph
Such a lovely plant. And it adds so much colour to the surroundings and gladdens the heart. Your green thumb has really been rewarded
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Beautiful and informative post--thanks. आपको एवं आपके परिवार को नए वर्ष की ढेरों शुभकामनाएं !
ReplyDeleteInteresting study
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ReplyDeleteYour photos and reportag are so interesting!!!
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i first saw this plant in bali, the resort we were staying at..and i just loved it tropical beauty....
ReplyDeleteyou have taken great measures to grow this baby!!
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