Wonders from mom's garden

Taken almost a month ago at the Velachery home. Click the images to view them full sized.

First, the unbeatable changing rose, taken in the morning at around 9:00 AM.

The same rose at around 12 noon. It has changed completely pink in color.

In the evening at around 4:00 PM it was a deep pink but the petals had shriveled.

The lily leaf in the artificial pond.

The Sunbird's nest in the lemon tree. You can actually see the bird's head with the curved beak protruding from the nest. It is probably sitting on its eggs.

 

Changing Rose, you blow my mind!

Above, you are actually looking at two images of the same flower. I repeat "the same flower" and not two species of the flower or the flowers located on separate shrubs or plants.

There are just a few or maybe even lesser than a handful of people who could recognize this flower when I showed them the images above. It is called the Confederate Rose or the Changing Rose. The flower blooms white in the morning, turns pink in the afternoon and a deep red in the evening.

I took pictures of this flower in 2011 in Aratupuzha, Trichur at my aunt's place. It is surprising how nature can overwhelm you. I have been visiting Aratupuzha for decades and how I missed a beautiful flower as this is certainly intriguing.