Goals: Biodiversity

The sanjeevani of the rocks — curls up bone dry, then greens again in an hour of rain.

Hard glossy grain used as food, as beads and as a brewing grain in the hills.

The kodo of the Deccan and central hills — drought-proof and long-storing.

A short-season millet of the northern hills, sown when the season has been lost.

A white-backed fern that colonises damp walls and cut slopes on its own.

The kopou phul of Assam — hanging foxtail sprays, and the flower of Bihu.

A pouched terrestrial orchid of the eastern Himalaya, cool-growing and slow.

The blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.

An antler-shaped epiphytic fern of Assam’s forests, mounted on a board.

A floating rosette that shades a tub and starves the algae — but a weed if it escapes.