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नील ऑर्किडनील ऑर्किडVanda coeruleaThe blue vanda of Meghalaya — tessellated flowers, and protected in the wild.चम्पाचम्पाPlumeria rubraGrows from a bare cutting pushed into dry soil; scents a whole terrace.लाल मुर्गालाल मुर्गाCelosia argenteaVelvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.संचारीसंचारीDendrobium nobileCane orchid of the eastern hills, flowering along last year’s bare canes.
देवदारदेवदारCedrus deodaraThe Himalayan cedar — a slow, magnificent, cold-climate conifer.द्रौपदी मालाद्रौपदी मालाRhynchostylis retusaThe kopou phul of Assam — hanging foxtail sprays, and the flower of Bihu.गुलचीनगुलचीनPlumeria albaThe white frangipani of temple gardens, tougher than the pink and just as scented.पदमपदमPrunus cerasoidesPink blossom in November, out of season by every other measure — the hill wild cherry.पांगरपांगरAesculus indicaBig palmate leaves and white flower candles in the western Himalayan valleys.लेडी स्लिपरलेडी स्लिपरPaphiopedilum insigneA pouched terrestrial orchid of the eastern Himalaya, cool-growing and slow.कमलकमलNelumbo nuciferaThe national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.गुल-ए-बासगुल-ए-बासMirabilis jalapaOpens at four in the afternoon and self-sows itself around the garden.कुल्फा फूलकुल्फा फूलPortulaca grandifloraOpens in full sun on a terrace where nothing else will survive noon.रक्त कमलरक्त कमलNymphaea rubraThe deep red night-flowering lily of eastern tanks and temple ponds.बुरांशबुरांशRhododendron arboreumBuransh — scarlet trusses across the mid-Himalaya in March.रजनीगंधारजनीगंधाAgave amicaBulbs planted in March give heavily scented white spikes through the monsoon.