Flowers of Wayanad

There was this cream coloured Allamanda in our hotel in Wayanad, which is quite unusual.

The Honeysuckle creeper was full of flowers.

The hydrangia bunches were huge and blue.

The Cane Begonia was already in flower. All these 'tame ' flowers paled in comparison to the large blue flowers of the Barleria courtallica which I found in a jungle path.

This barleria flowers once in 10 years! We were lucky to see the beautiful flowers in the jungle. The flowers and the plant of this barleria are used in Ayurveda medicine and also in Siddha medicine. It is only found in certain pockets in the jungle.

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