A new species of flowering plant has been described from Sri Lanka’s Peak Wilderness rainforest, part of the Strobilanthes genus of plants that put on spectacular blooming displays periodically. Sri ...

Eravikulam National Park, India — Beautiful, purplish-blue flowers that carpet the hillsides of southern India just once every 12 years are under threat of never blooming again. The flowering shrubs ...

This phenomenon occurs once every 12 years, making it a highly anticipated event. The Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu are currently witnessing a breathtaking spectacle of nature as the rare and enchanting ...

The neelakurinji's unexpected bloom in the Nilgiris this September has sparked concerns among botanists about climate change. Traditionally flowering every 12 years, it last bloomed in 2018. Experts ...

Half of the world's yet-to-be-discovered flowering plant species may already have been collected, and now languish in herbarium cabinets. While reclassifying varieties of Strobilanthes, a genus of ...