Butterfly

This is a Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe), a small pierid butterfly, widespread across Asia, Africa, and Australia.

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Golden shower tree

Amaltas also known as Rajvraksha in Ayurveda has bright yellow flowers. It is considered as one of the most beautiful trees of India. 

This is one of the trees in full bloom in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Cassia fistula, also known as golden shower, purging cassia, Indian laburnum, Kani Konna, Konna Poo or pudding-pipe tree, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia. It is the official state flower of Kerala state in India. Wikipedia

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Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus, China rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, rose mallow and shoeblack plant, is a species of tropical hibiscus, a flowering plant in the Hibisceae tribe of the family Malvaceae. Wikipedia

The original coloured photo for reference.

This was grown in my balcony.

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Life cycle

The life cycle of an Easter Lily in my balcony.

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Aparajita flower

Blooming in my balcony.

Clitoria ternatea, commonly known as Asian pigeonwings, bluebellvine, blue pea, butterfly pea, cordofan pea, Darwin pea, blue ternate, is a plant species belonging to the family Fabaceae. In India, it is known as Aparajite, Shankapushpi used medicinally. Wikipedia.

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Tomato flowers

The tomato plant has flowered in my balcony. Hopefully will get a few homegrown tomatoes soon.

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Pretty visitor

 Had a pretty visitor in my balcony garden, drinking its fill from a periwinkle flower..

Desert rose

 A desert rose bud blooming in my balcony. 😊

Adenium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1819. It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Wikipedia

The coloured version below -

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Pretty visitor

A pretty visitor dropped by last evening in my balcony to slake its thirst.

Phool bazaar

The old phool (flower) Bazaar outside Dadar railway station.

ABC Wednesday - B

A Budding Beauty in my balcony.

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Saturday Photohunt - Jiffy and Flower

In a Jiffy this bud will have blossomed into a beautiful Flower in my balcony.

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Monochrome mania

Budding white rose at the Rose show in Maharashtra Nature Park, Mahim.

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Thursday Challenge - Red

Red lantana flowers at the Maharashtra Nature Park in Mahim

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Camera critters

 

The union of the Hibiscus and the butterfly at Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

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Thursday Challenge - FLOWERS (Colorful, Closeups, Gardens, Arrangements,...)

 

Cosmos flower captured in Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

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ABC Wednesday - O

Orange cosmos captured in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.

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Old flower market

One the railway station side of the flyover in Dadar is the old flower market. Now though it is shifted about 5kms south, there still are the old timers who linger on to sell flowers. The ones that you see in the picture are the hawkers while the licensed sellers ply their trade from regular shops.