Acanthaceae Week: Karun Kurinji flowers Strobilanthus lupulina from Kakkabbe forest hill

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raghu ananth

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Jun 12, 2011, 11:04:44 AM6/12/11

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Came across these purple blooms in the forest hills of Kakkabbe-Nalnad. They appear to be a Karun Kurinji flowers Strobilanthus lupulina .

Syn Strobilanthes heyneanus

(The famed Nila-kurinji Strobilanthes kunthiana flowers are by nature plietesials - blooms once in 12 years. )

Native Shrub

http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Karun%20Kurinji.html

Habitat Forest hills, forest path,

Place: Betweeen Kakkabbe-Nalnad and Thadiandamol, coorg, Part of western ghats, Karnataka

Date: Sep 03 2009

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Raghu

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Ushadi micromini

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Jun 12, 2011, 9:44:23 PM6/12/11

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wonderful... never saw the blue flowers... that turn the hills blue,
is what I have been told... a sight to see...
I am hoping to train for the hills by the time the next show comes
along...

in the meantime I'll enjoy these...
Usha di
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