Onam:A festival for Flowers!

September is celebrated as the big butterfly month, I found butterflies with another organization in India. Could the reason be the monsoon and the growth of plants?

https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/big-butterfly-month

[15/09, 11:36 am] Theertha: Can anyone identify the flowers /plants used in the Onam pookalam? Can September be considered a flowering season? @⁨Shraddha⁩ @⁨Aditya Joshi⁩ @⁨Abhijeet CUBE⁩ @⁨Seethalakhmi⁩ @⁨Anjali SN School⁩ @⁨~M S Sailekshmi⁩ and others
Onam :
Onam or Thiruvonam is the harvest festival of Kerala, which is celebrated in the first Malayalam month of Chingom (August-September) every year.
Theertha, Kozhikode Kerala

Happy Onam:blossom::seedling:

[15/09, 11:42 am] Amirtha CUBE: Leucas aspera
[15/09, 11:42 am] Amirtha CUBE: In malayalam says thumba poovu.
[15/09, 6:05 pm] Vijaya Tilak CUBE: Chrysanthemum, rose, ganneru( telugu), marigold yellow and orange

Flowers used in the onam pookkalam.
Photo: Theertha

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[17/09, 10:57 am] Madhuri: Impatiens (Balsams)

[17/09, 11:06 am] Vijaya Tilak CUBE: Can’t find them now a days!
Few years ago I purchased seeds and had lots of flowers. Collected seeds thinking that I can sow them next season but they never germinated!
[17/09, 11:47 am] Theertha:

Date:17/09/2024
Place: Cherukkad Kozhikode
Photo:Theertha
[17/09, 1:49 pm] Madhuri
: Viability of seeds might be lost
[17/09, 1:49 pm] Madhuri
: Where did you purchased
[17/09, 1:49 pm] Madhuri: Seeds
[17/09, 1:53 pm] Vijaya Tilak CUBE: But on the tracks we see them year after year! Is there a natural dormancy there?
[17/09, 1:54 pm] Vijaya Tilak CUBE: Maharashtra seeds shop in Vashi market, some from Alibaug

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I Collected seeds from the impatiens plant, both red and pink.
Objective: To find the seed germination period for the impatiens plant and compare the differences in germination between seeds soaked in water and those placed in moist tissue paper.
Place Cherukkad Kozhikode Kerala
Date:20/09/2024
Time:3.59pm
Photo: Theertha
@⁨~Dr.Madhuri Kadam Patil⁩ @⁨Vijaya Tilak CUBE⁩ @⁨Chithra Ma’am⁩ and others


Tissue paper set up: SR1 and SP1
I took 20 seeds each of red and pink impatiens and placed them in moist tissue paper.
Objective: To find the seed germination period for the impatiens plant and compare the differences in germination between seeds soaked in water and those placed in moist tissue paper.

Place Cherukkad Kozhikode Kerala
Date:20/09/2024
Time:3.59pm
Photo: Theertha


Soaked in water set-up:;SR2 and SP2 and
I took 20 seeds each of red and pink impatiens and soaked them in water.
Objective: To find the seed germination period for the impatiens plant and compare the differences in germination between seeds soaked in water and those placed in moist tissue paper.
Place: Cherukkad Kozhikode Kerala
Date:20/09/2024
Time:3.59pm
Photo: Theertha