Untimely and Rare

ID: Karvi

Couple of weeks back, while traversing the trail, we were surprised to spot some buds on a particular spot which was filled with Karvi shrubs, and on a quest to spot Spinx moth caterpillars, stumbled upon a surprise of few buds on couple of Karvi shrubs. Keeping that in mind, went back to the same spot, couple of days back, and were greeted with few blooms. Though the next mass bloom, happening once in 8years, is supposed to happen in the coming years, it was great to spot few of these blooms. The mass blooming is an amazing experience with loads of purple blooms that flank the bright green terrain

EXIF:
Canon 80D
Canon 100mm macro
F/13
Shutterspeed 1/250
ISO 640
Handheld, External flash fired

The violet colour looks lovely. Agree with mass booming the whole area comes alive. We had seen the Neelkurunji blooms in Erinakulum, it was beautiful. Good details. Nice capture. Thanks for sharing.

Nice to see this one. The colour looks lovely. The details have come out well. When was the bloom supposed to happen? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi