Shobha Ji, Nice picture and story. Regards, Aarti On Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 3:01:08 PM UTC+5:30 Shobha Halwe-Chavda wrote:
> Neomarica northiana > > Lock down 1.April 2020. > Like everywhere, Mumbai too had come to a standstill.There was a > fr?deafening silence on the roads. Couldn't move out anywhere. My regular > morning walks had stopped. So gradually started making rounds in the > building.Since I stay on ground floor,I have "encroached" the part of the > building compound in front of my house 😄 and made a small garden.Suddenly > my eyes fell on one neglected pot and I was speechless.(still trying to > recollect from where I got that plant).A beautiful flower was hanging like > a pendulum.It had grown on one leaf.Three bright white petals with brownish > tiger-striped patterns and three purplish blue curled petals.What a beauty > it was ! efloraindia as usual immediately did the id - Neomarica > northiana.It's common name is 'Walking Iris'.The flower gets its common > name Walking Iris from its unusual propagation habit. New plantlets grow at > the tips of the flower stems, weighing them down until they bend to touch > the ground and take root. > To sum it alk,in those depressing days,this unique flower lifted my > heart. > Shobha Halwe-Chavda > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/183cf670-b682-4034-8fa2-314a4886f73cn%40googlegroups.com.
