Linnaeus's Flower Clock: Keeping Time With Flowers
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2019
Who needs a watch to tell time when we got flowers? Many species of flowering plants open and close their flowers at specific times through...
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Flower Carpets at Infiorata Festival, Italy
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2016
The best time to visit Italy, if you want to catch the incredible Infiorata festival, is during May and June. At this time of the year, espe...
The First Flower Blooms in Space
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2016
A bright orange zinnia has grown for the first time in space, in zero gravity, and without soil. The zinnia, an edible flowering plant, was ...
The Unique Flower Auction at Aalsmeer
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 6, 2016
The Aalsmeer Flower Auction or Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer in Dutch, takes place in the town of Aalsmeer in North Holland near Amsterdam Schiph...
The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2015
The Bridge of Flowers is a flower laden bridge located in the village of Shelburne Falls in Massachusetts, USA. The 400-feet concrete bridge...
The Mysterious Phenomenon of Bamboo Flowering
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 30, 2015
Bamboos are the fastest-growing plants on Earth. A typical bamboo grows as much as 10 centimeter in a single day. Certain species grow up to...
The Flower Laden Patios Festival of Cordoba
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2014
Every spring, in the beginning of May, the city of Cordoba, in southern Spain, bursts into bloom with special festivities as the city launch...
Bloemencorso Zundert Flower Parade 2014
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2014
Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands located at the Belgian border, hosts the world’s biggest flower parade, featuring twenty floats of ...
Desert Wildflowers in the Colorado Plateau
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 18, 2014
The Colorado Plateau is mostly desert, with a few scattered areas of forests. The cracks in the parched earth are clearly visible, but for a...
Rapeseed Fields in Luoping, China
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2012
Luoping is a small county in eastern Yunnan, China, located about 228 kilometers north east of Kunming close to the border of Yunnan with Gu...
Namaqualand’s Miraculous Spring Flowers
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2012
Namaqualand is an arid region in Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over 600 miles and covering a total area of 170,00...
The Genzano Infiorata Flower Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2010
If you ever plan to visit Italy during the month of June, reserve at least a day for the town of Genzano, to see the famous Infiorata Flower...
