Wednesday, 8 October 2014

vigna vexillata or "Elephant's trunk" (Marathi : Halunda) - This flower mostly has two horizontal and two vertical petals and one half moon shaped petal in the centre. As soon as the insect lands on the central petal, an elephant trunk like projection comes out bathing the insect with its pollen. This is how the pollination of this flower is achieved
Dipcadi montanum - Dipcadi is an erect bulbous plant, 20-30cm tall. These normally are seen above the rest of the flowering plants due to more length