Bramhakamala

Dear

We also have this plant at home..... I just love them. This time we had 28 blooms together. Will post the photographs sooon.

hello manju,
the flower was very beautiful.i am also in bangalore and i love gardening.i wanted to buy that plant where can i get it from is it available in nursery?
do reply.thanks a lot

Dear Priya,

You can cultivate this by a cutting borrowed from others or you can also get from nurseries. It is also called as Night Queen.

Dear Manju

Thanks for sharing. The flowers are very beautiful. I have seen this flower at my brother's place.

Hi friends, is it available in Chennai?and if so where?

hi mamju,

the flowers look great. . y not share some more details about the flower. like the colors and odour...... thanks for sharing it here

Hi Manju,

Welcome to IL ! You've started your first post with a bang..or should I say..with a bloom :) !!

The flowers are absolutely delightful and beautiful to look at !

Thanks for sharing with all of us.

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by Manju13

hi Ladies,

I'm Manju, just joined in today, totally new to this site.
while i still need to go through this site i'm exited to share some photos of BramhaKamala - an auspiocious flower. This was taken at my house on 20th of june.
this is the first time the flowers bloomed since we planted. it seems this flower bloom only once in a year,...it is so beautiful that i don;t have words to explain. see the attached photographs.

regards,
Manju

Manju, welcome to IL

I just checked Lalitha's thread as well.. this plant rocks !!!

Garden queenie (GQ) Usha... is it tropical... or can we try it here(NJ) too.. pleaseeeeeeeeee tell me.. want to give it a try..

Originally Posted by Nandshyam

Manju, welcome to IL


Garden queenie (GQ) Usha... is it tropical... or can we try it here(NJ) too.. pleaseeeeeeeeee tell me.. want to give it a try..

Hi Nandhu

I am honored by your title. , Its botanical name is Saussurea obvallata
I will find out if it grows froma bulb like tulips.

[quote=mkpriya;345956]hello manju,
the flower was very beautiful.i am also in bangalore and i love gardening.i wanted to buy that plant where can i get it from is it available in nursery?
do reply.thanks a lot[/quote


Dear lalitha,
Thanks for witing in.This week end i had been to lalbagh nursery .there i found this plant and i got one .thanks for ur information .I will let u know how the plant's growth.I think it will take nearly a year to blossom.will wait eagerly for the flower

love
priya