subject: Flowers Gallary [print this page] All of us like to look at those pretty flowers blooming all around, especially during winter and spring. Remember that tree laden with yellow flowers, which hang like bunches of grapes? How often have you wondered: What's that flower? Nobody around you seems to know the answer. There was a time, when a lot of people knew about a lot of flowers. But for the city bred individual, flowers are only like pretty pictures. The pace of city life tends to alienate the individual from Mother Nature, which brought him into existence in the first place.
Wild flowers are to be found in all kinds of unexpected places if you know how to look for them. While walking in the countryside or climbing a hill in the Himalayas you may come upon some wild flowers brightening a hollow in a rock, or half hidden amidst the ferns which will make the outdoor experience especially rich. Even crowded cities have wild flowers growing in neglected corners of parks, ditches, verges of roads, cracks in pathways and in the corners of your garden.
The ability to identify wild flowers can transform a journey, walk or a drive into a voyage of discovery. Knowing the flowers in ones surroundings furthers a desire to know more about flowers whether near or far, and the need to save all the wild things that we have inherited on the earth. The fact that a rapidly growing population is threatening wild habitats is also connected with an awareness of nature and the need to preserve it.
Those who have studied botany know that it is not easy to learn botanical names; therefore, we have used common names of Indian flowers which are easier to remember than the botanical ones. Since there are variations sometimes 1have given botanical names as well. Wherever possible 1 have given Hindi names too. In our wide range of dialects a single flower may have as many as two dozen names and sometimes the names overlap resulting in some confusion.
Flowers gallary is aimed at having information about all the flowers found in India, with their common names, especially in Indian languages, pictures and habitat, easily available in one place. This is meant to be a place you can look at if you saw a flower and wanted to know more about it. Knowing more about flowers, and then going out and having a look at them, will be more like communing with nature. For more details please visit http://www.flowersgallary.com/
