It's been a long time we haven't posted photos here

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Thanks for posting it. It sure is motivation image in more than one ways.

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Its beautiful. You have visited  so many beautiful places!!

By the way, walking Iris isn't a wild flower. Its grown at so many houses.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Here is one of passionflower while on a trip to Chiplun. It is such a beautiful flower that grows on vines. I am quite sure that it is common and seen all over India!

Its a beautiful flower. If I am not mistaken its mostly found in cold places.  I love is fruits too. Some people make medicine out of its tender leaves, either by boiling or roasting them.

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Thanks for posting it. It sure is motivation image in more than one ways.

It is truly motivating to see how beautiful and pretty a town or city can look like if the citizens have the will to do so!

@Usha and Jabeen, the Passionflower I have posted photo of is an ornamental flower and does not produce Passionfruits, but they are both from the same family and the flowers also look very similar, but the flowers of passionfruit vine are more whiter with purple undertones and slightly smaller in size as well. There is also another bright red varity which is called Passionflower sherry (after sherry wine) which I have take photo of during the same trip to Chiplun. Will post it soon.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Thanks for posting it. It sure is motivation image in more than one ways.

It is truly motivating to see how beautiful and pretty a town or city can look like if the citizens have the will to do so!

For we Indian city like it is a dream. 

suni51 wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Here is one of passionflower while on a trip to Chiplun. It is such a beautiful flower that grows on vines. I am quite sure that it is common and seen all over India!

I don't think it's common and seen in all parts of India. But I have seen it in some other places.

I never seen this flower in my are. It is beautiful.

anil wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Thanks for posting it. It sure is motivation image in more than one ways.

It is truly motivating to see how beautiful and pretty a town or city can look like if the citizens have the will to do so!

For we Indian city like it is a dream. 

That's not true, you have got to visit place like Sikkim or other South India and NE states of India and see the beauty and cleanliness. I was once very close to Mawlynnong (I hope I have spelled it correctly) village near Shillong which is considered the cleanest village of India. I have seen number of such clean places in South India, NE, and in bordering states of India.  

This flower is called Parijaat

jabeen wrote:

This flower is called Parijaat

No Jabeen, these flowers are called Madhumalti or Rangoon creeper, but these are really beautiful and have a lovely fragrance. In my city, people plant this vine very commonly for the lovely flowers which have varying shades from pink-white to deep red.  Parijat flowers are what Shampa has posted earlier. Also called Harsingar in Hindi and Prajakta in Marathi.

Here is another variety of Passionflower that I took photo of. It is called Passionflower sherry because of its lovely deep red colour but it is less fragrant than the common purple variety.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

jabeen wrote:

This flower is called Parijaat

No Jabeen, these flowers are called Madhumalti or Rangoon creeper, but these are really beautiful and have a lovely fragrance. In my city, people plant this vine very commonly for the lovely flowers which have varying shades from pink-white to deep red.  Parijat flowers are what Shampa has posted earlier. Also called Harsingar in Hindi and Prajakta in Marathi.

In Imphal, we refer to this creeper as Parijat. Its used as offering to God. The other flower which most of you called Parijaat is called Singarei in Manipuri.

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Here is another variety of Passionflower that I took photo of. It is called Passionflower sherry because of its lovely deep red colour but it is less fragrant than the common purple variety.

It has such a lovely bright colours. Though the name is similar  the flowers look quite different. Does it also produce fruit like the purple variety?

suni51 wrote:

anil wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

This is an extremely pretty little town called Colmar  that I visited last November , that is on the Swiss/ French border

 

Thanks for posting it. It sure is motivation image in more than one ways.

It is truly motivating to see how beautiful and pretty a town or city can look like if the citizens have the will to do so!

For we Indian city like it is a dream. 

That's not true, you have got to visit place like Sikkim or other South India and NE states of India and see the beauty and cleanliness. I was once very close to Mawlynnong (I hope I have spelled it correctly) village near Shillong which is considered the cleanest village of India. I have seen number of such clean places in South India, NE, and in bordering states of India.  

I never visit NE so I don't know about this area.  In my student life once I visited South  but I never seen beautiful city like city in this image,Chandigarh is a neat and beautiful city, but not like it. Most of Indian cites are not clean and beautiful. I think our population is problem.

jabeen wrote:

Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:

Here is another variety of Passionflower that I took photo of. It is called Passionflower sherry because of its lovely deep red colour but it is less fragrant than the common purple variety.

It has such a lovely bright colours. Though the name is similar  the flowers look quite different. Does it also produce fruit like the purple variety?

Not that I know of Jabeen! The one that produces passionfruits, flowers have white petals with purple flush at the base with purple filaments/

Beautiful pictures from everyone ...

I took these pictures when we visited Kudremukh mountains last year. Since it is just 60 kms from here we  go there often ..It is one of my favorite places because it is not all that crowded and we keep discovering new trails and paces within the mountain range

Radiance Of The Seas-

As I saw it on Darling Harbor Sydney, Australia-

I have also posted it at https://o0.nz/i/FMVx  for bigger view and free use

usha manohar wrote:

Beautiful pictures from everyone ...

I took these pictures when we visited Kudremukh mountains last year. Since it is just 60 kms from here we  go there often ..It is one of my favorite places because it is not all that crowded and we keep discovering new trails and paces within the mountain range

South have beautiful locations. I saw some beautiful location of South in movie, Chennai Express.

Another flower growing in our house. We call it Siris Kusum but I don't know its English name. Can anyone help me identify it?

jabeen wrote:

Another flower growing in our house. We call it Siris Kusum but I don't know its English name. Can anyone help me identify it?

I think it is Albizia saman, surprisingly we also call it Shirish in Marathi.