Indian cormorant and Cabomba Furcata bloom - Pookot Lake - 2019 Dec

നീർകാക്കയും മുള്ളൻ പായലും - പൂക്കോട് തടാകത്തിൽ നിന്നും ഒരു കാഴ്ച - 2019 December  

Flowers from Wayand

Small Is Beautiful

Small Is Beautiful

Flowers from Pacific Coast

Flowers from the Pacific Coast of California

Happy New Year 2012

Wish you all happy New Year 2012. The rose is from the garden at my home in Payyampally, the credit goes to my mother who takes care of the beautiful garden.

Goodbye 2011

The rose is from the garden at my home in Payyampally, the credit goes to my mother who takes care of the beautiful garden.

Flowers from Pacific Coast

Flowers – I got these pictures from the Central Pacific Coast of California, while driving through CA1 or Highway 1 as it is called. Highway 1 or CA 1 is considered as one of the most beautiful coastal highways in the world. Unfortunately the sea was always ash in color due to the clouds formed when the hot air from the main land touched the chilling climate on top of the ocean.

Flowers from Pacific Coast

Flowers from the Pacific Coast of California

Flowers from Pacific Coast

Flowers from the Pacific Coast of California

Thumbapoo (Leuca Indica)

Thumba is a very small flower white in color. It is found almost everywhere in Kerala. The botanical name of Thumba Poovu belongs to the family of Leucas. Thumba is called Leuca Indica or Leucas aspera. I am not a botanist, and I do not know the exact taxonomy and family tree of Thumba. Some people write it as Thumba and some others write it as Thumpa. Thumbapoo and the plant itself are related to many ways with the culture of people of Kerala. Thumbapoo is used as one of the ingredient of “ada” a food dish that is special to Kerala. Thumpapoo is having an important role in many poojas observed by the Hindu community in Kerala. Thumbapoo (the flower) and Thumbachedi (the plant) is ingredient to many ayurvedic medicines. Thumbapoo is having an important role with Onam, the festival of Kerala. This small flower has a resemblance with a beautiful foot, and there are many stories that describe how this “foot” landed in earth from heaven. Some of the main classifications of Thumba found in Kerala are Anisomeles malabarica, Leucas aspera and Leucas cephalotes.