Great job Ram. Enjoyed the pictures a lot. Yes Gul-mohur is Krisno-sura ( Royal poinciana). I am surprised that Tamils or Kannadigas don't have a name of their own for this tropical beauty.
What is that resort on the lake surrounded by mountains? Does not look like an Indian place at all. They have done a good job of avoiding mimicking the north-Indian ugly-box architectural idiom. All those flower shots in the mountain, where was that? The healthy looking flowers indicate a humid but temperate climate. Many of them are not indigenous to South India--they are European. I was surprised to see a Royal catchfly in bloom ( small, bright red flowers with alternate, heart-shaped, blue green leaves: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/flowers/Catchfly.jpg ). It is native to the American prairie. I have quite a few of them in ours. The last shot of the album is excellent. If you send me the file, I will be pleased to compose/crop it for you to enlarge and frame. c-da At 10:45 AM -0500 7/10/08, Ram Sarangapani wrote: >http://picasaweb.google.com/rsarang22/FlowersEtcBloreKodaiMadurai > >This time we had the opportunity to visit Bangalore, Kodaikanal, Mamallpuram >and Madurai. > >I took some photos - amature stuff. In Bangalore and also in Kodai, >Mamallapuram, we noticed the landscape dotted with what the locals call the >'Gulmohor' trees. > >We thought the flowers looked like Krishnasuras. > >Hope you all enjoy them >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
