Not only flowers but the leaves can be as beautiful as colorful flowers ….
Taken at my auntie’s house in Barasat (west bengal) … a species of ferns. i guess they like wet humid places as i have seen these in west bengal mostly grown every where …. even on trees.
In Delhi n surrounding area – in olden days – people use to plant neem trees in their courtyard as its breeze (thought to be n i guess that was right too !) would keep away diseases. It also provided shade from the burning sun. Now a days people do not have enough space to live in … unthinkable to plant such a huge tree. But anyway … there’re still many huge neem trees around the main city area (i actually don’t know the name of the roads). They’re around “Trimurti Bhavan” n where “Indira Gandhi Memorial Hall” is …. n near Patiala House too and many of the interconnected roads around these places !!!
Caladiums : taken at Amulia (west bengal) where our ancestral “Kali temple” is …. there were colorful ones too but i like the pure green ones. i like to call them green hearts !!!
The Flame Nettle/ Coleus: it’s from my uncle’s house in Karimganj (assam) …. it was like a vine roaming around green chilly plants and some more plants that were kept near the chilly plants. i tried to figure out in which pot it was planted – then discovered it was planted in a small plastic container. Compare to its size the container was very small … i was amazed !
Near by our house is a “peepal tree” (Sacred fig) … some days when i wake up at 5 am and walk on our rooftop – i see women coming with their worship plates and offering water to the (believe to be) holy plant !! Surprising thing is that they have their shower before 5 am … for me it’s unthinkable …
But yes … i like seeing people bending infrot of something which they think is more powerful than them … makes them ordinary – innocent human being … but as the day rises and so do their true colors … jealousy – hatred -back biting and so on …. making these beautiful women look ugly and aweful …. but the nature remain the same – soothing n beautiful !!
They are all lovely images, but I especially like the colors in the photo of the coleus.
yes indeed what u say is right.. leaves also are beautiful actually if we look .. leaves are there most of the times flowers come and go …
the firs tone Fern leaves I got a few of those in my garden and the Cladiums.. but here they change leaf colour purple,maroon as the weather changes ..
and peepal tree i am reminded of my village now so many of them in our courtyard 🙂
I am not sure is they are called cladiums here too.. and please dont ask the name I am no good 🙂
Yes, even the leaves are beautiful. The variety is shown here very well.
Hi Sharmila! Flowers fade away but foliage remains. Your photos are beautiful! The last shot of the peepal leaves are stunning!
Some of the neem trees in Delhi must be very old. They look regal and provide a lot of shade. Lovely coleus!
nice shots.
Beautiful pics:) Never thought of looking at other parts of a tree apart from flowers…but here they are, the most important parts…leaves!
Very nice line of thought 🙂
The description and pictures are very beautiful.
Sure, there are a lot of people who go for worship or yoga early in the morning.
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