Busy schedule for pollinators

This time around in Nepal, the festival season just getting started. There are some popular flowers which are open during this festival season (managed by growers or naturally). The festival vibes come around when we see lots of bees and skipper butterfly all around busy pollinating and roaming. Here are some collections. Cosmos flower Weed … Read more

Divine flower: Dhatura ” धतुरो “

Datura stramonium commonly known as Dhaturo / Dhatura ” धतुरो ” in Nepal and India. It is scared flower for Hindu. It is known as flower of Mahadeva (Lord Shiva). Datura exceptionally hazardous as a drug and it directly causes the effects of anticholinergic syndrome, symptoms of its toxicity cited by the traditional mnemonic: “Blind as … Read more

Bottle Gourd Fruit Cycle

Bottle gourd is a cucurbitaceous summer seasonal vegetable. This post gives the pictorial flowering and fruiting cycle of the Bottle gourd. Male flower of bottle gourd (slender pedicel/stem) Female flower with ovary (swollen pedicel/stem) Bud stage of flower/fruit Flower opening Fruit set and fruit growth after pollination Growing fruit Vine tendrils for climbing/support