Thread by @S_Sivakumar

Instead of the usual pics from our #HomeGarden, threading some wild leaves and flowers from the wilderness of #JimCorbett
Here goes the first one: A natural theatre-mask!

Russelia equisetiformis: Commonly known as fountainbush, and firecracker plant
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

These string of pearls turn into jades!
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Bixa orellana: Commonly known as Sindhoor or Lipstick Tree!
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Passiflora incarnata: Commonly known as Passion Flower
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Another variant of Passion Flower. Crimson. Passiflora vitifolia
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

It’s quite a task to distinguish between the tender leaves and the flower buds of the Passion Flower plant!
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

After those intricate Passion Flowers, let’s turn to some simple elegance. These are Imperial blue cape plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Another simple beauty: Caladenia emarginata, commonly known as the Pink Enamel Orchid
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Looks like a coatbutton, no? That’s what these flowers are called, “Coatbuttons” (Tridax procumbens) The plant is a common weed.
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

A fruit now, to break the monotonous flowers thread. Mahua. Madhuca longifolia.
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

This violet coloured trumpet-like flower is called Thunbergia erecta, popularly known as King's Mantle and Bush Clock Vine
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Another simple beauty is the eight-petalled Jasminum multipartitum (popularly known as the Starry wild jasmine). Can you believe that the bud of this scented, star-shaped white flower is coloured pink or tinted-red 😮
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

Green shoots. Except they aren’t green!
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

These brilliant red powder puffs are called Calliandra tweedii
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett

A ‘shower of gold’ is what this bunch is called. Aptly so! Galphimia gracilis.
From the wilderness of #JimCorbett