Summer’s Pageantry of Colours

byKatie Bagli

The sweltering, often unbearable heat in all the tropical regions of our country is well compensated for by nature’s pageantry of colours—trees blooming every other week, offering a feast to the eyes. The fashion show does not end here. The blooms draw fluttering butterflies, buzzing bees and a host of other insects. The insects, in turn, draw birds of many-hued plumage to feed on them. KATIE BAGLI tells you more.

Taman Tree: A tree with a pale, blotchy, peeling bark is characteristic of the taman tree. Its delicate flowers with their crepe-like petals and orange centres are considered by many as being fit to be offered to a queen, hence the sobriquet given to them—queen’s flowers. Ironically, the delicat