Lets break the chain of roses and move into another interesting flower. Today when I returned home after a busy day, I came across this BIG flower, what we call it "Aalangaa". Lets say.......It is exactly the size of a saucer (from cup and saucer).
Have you seen an "Aalanga" before? If you haven't, have a look bellow....I took a photo of it.
I took this photo a little while ago....
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| Aalanga |
Do you know that "Aalanga" plant can be grown by it's seeds. The seeds of an "Aalanga" plant is exactly equal to the size of a tooth. It looks like a tooth as well.....My father had got some seeds of "Aalanga" from an Aunt next door. I started planting them.
First of all I seated the seeds in a pot and kept it in a shady place. It grew sooner, poped up the leaves in couple of days and tried to climb up. But then what happened is.......it's leaves were eaten by pests. So I took the pot to a place where direct sun light peeps.
Usually the "Aalanga" blooms at the evening. Around 4' O clk and wither before morning. So in the morning you won't be able to see it. The flower is of gramophone shape.
Even it blooms at night, I feel it need lot of sun to give out a flower. Because when I was looking after "Alanga" in the shady place, it did not gave out flowers. So try to plant it in a shady place at the beginning and move to sun when it grows up...Try to grow some. You will be able to release your stress if you can see one. (Telling from my own experiences.....)
