Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Just us - a flower in the mist




We found this delightful flower growing wild in the hills of Dunagiri (Kumaon, India). Internet tells me its also known as the 'falling star'...
wish we could catch it and put it in our pocket so it never fades away :)
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8 comments:

  1. Milli MusingsSeptember 2, 2008 at 11:11 PM

    Namaste and Welcome to the GG Group Piyush. Now what a charming little flower and a lovely start for your friendly exchanges over the garden fence that now spans the continents.

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  2. Milli MusingsSeptember 2, 2008 at 11:28 PM

    It seems I have my Orange weed identified too now.I like it though.
    An old garden favourite (in origin an artificial hybrid from two South African parents) which has escaped and become totally naturalized in a wide variety of places, especially sea cliffs, roadsides etc. One of its parent species, C. pottsii, which is very similar in appearance, is also occasionally found on roadsides.
    All names: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (C. aurea x pottsii) (Lemoine ex Burb. & Dean) Nicholson; Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex Burb. & Dean) Nicholson; Crocosmia aurea x pottsii; Tritonia x crocosmiiflora (Lemoine ex Burb. & Dean) Nicholson; Tritonia x crocosmiflora (Lemoine) Nicholson; Crocosmia x crocosmiflora (Lemoine) N.E.Br.

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  3. Keith TrevettSeptember 3, 2008 at 12:00 AM

    wow this is a nice photo apart from the subject! beautiful - zoomed in even better~~

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  4. piyush kumarSeptember 3, 2008 at 12:16 AM

    Thanks so much for the comments Milli and Cleaunz. I really appreciate them.

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  5. Mia DeLightSeptember 3, 2008 at 12:46 AM

    That's a beautiful little star!

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  6. piyush kumarSeptember 3, 2008 at 1:45 AM

    Thanks Mia...in time I look forward to getting to know all the wonderful members of this group. Till then, thanks for the ecouragement.

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  7. Amy StewartSeptember 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM

    Very pretty! I love crocosmias :-). And how lovely that you photographed it in the mist!

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  8. Anders P HansénJuly 13, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    That is absolutely fabulous.

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