red and yellow flower
Looked like lantana but was actually different…

Asclepias, Mexican Milkweed
it’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!
~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
Looked like lantana but was actually different…

Asclepias, Mexican Milkweed
it’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!
~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
Chiguru – an initiative from Cleanup Turahalli – has completed one month today. Chiguru – a germinating shoot, and typically prominent in Mango trees during the spring season, is an interactive program with neighboring children that brings them closer to nature. More than the program itself, its the overwhelming response by the children and their…
After the main Turahalli Forest is closed for public, we took this opportunity to explore the Tree Park opposite to it. Kudos to the Karnataka Forest Dept (KFD) who took a great initiative in rejuvenating this park planting thousands (looks like an exaggeration, but yeah, thousands of new saplings. They welcome any friends free who…
This forest walk had participants of all ages.
Took a night stroll yesterday after a gap… its a nice thing to do every night. The frog-orchestra for which no sophisticated Bose speaker or Dolby Surround System was any match… faded off after a while once they realized we were there. But after a while, they started again… Came across these reflections… what is…
Majakali is in the northern part of India, where my daughter and me went on a retreat. Though not actually in the Himalayas, it was exciting to know that it was near it, and one may see the peaks in the distance… …depending on the weather! The group turned out to be a group of…