Nepenthes

Carnivorous Pitcher Plant

 Posted on July 21, 2022  |  3 minutes  |  491 words  |  Ritesh Raj Sarraf

Of the many things we care for in our garden, having some Carnivorous plants was also one to have. Plants are tricky. A lot of information they pass. And depending on where you are and what plants you are with, the results can vary. The Nepenthes family isn’t native to where I live but I still wanted to have them. While not impossible, though a difficult task to bring up such species. [Read More]
Nepenthes  Khasiana  Pitcher  Carnivorous  Plants  Gardening 

Lotus to Lily

The joys of nature

 Posted on October 9, 2021  (Last modified on October 16, 2021)  |  3 minutes  |  465 words  |  Ritesh Raj Sarraf

The Lotus story so far My very first experience with water flowering plants was pretty good. I learnt a good deal of things; from setting up the pond, germinating the lotus seeds, setting up the right soil, witnessing the growth of the lotus plant, fish eco-system to take care of the pond. Overall, a lot of things learnt. But I couldn’t succeed in getting the Lotus flower. A lot many reasons. [Read More]
Lotus  Lily  Lilies  Water Plant  Flower  Fish  Nature 

Insect Camouflage Plant

 Posted on July 7, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  40 words  |  Ritesh Raj Sarraf

I was quite impressed by the ability of this insect; yet to be. The way it has camouflaged itself is mesmerizing. I’ll let the video do the talking as this one is going to be difficult to express in words.

Plant  Nature  Gardening  Insect  Caterpillar  Camouflage 

Plant Territorial Behavior

Observations of the subtle behavior of plants all around

 Posted on June 29, 2021  |  10 minutes  |  1959 words  |  Ritesh Raj Sarraf

This blog post is about my observations of some of the plants in my home garden. While still a n00b on the subject, these notes are my observations and experiences over days, weeks and months. Thankfully, with the capability to take frequent pictures, it has been easy to do an assessment and generate a report of some of these amazing behaviors of plants, in an easy timeline order; all thanks to the EXIF data embedded. [Read More]
Plants  Mulberry  Berry  Territorial  Botany  Beluva  Bael  Belpatra  Rudraksha 

Cicada Insect

pandemic has made time for things which weren't paid much attention to

 Posted on April 23, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  Ritesh Raj Sarraf

Pandemic With COVID-19, this was the first nation-wide lockdown in my lifetime I’ve witnessed. I guess the feel must be same for many many more people across the globe. It was almost the same time, a year ago, when this lockdown first struck. It being the first time, I wasn’t then really prepared on how to handle it. With everything literally shut down, there was nothing to do than sit where you are. [Read More]
Cicada  Covid-19  Lockdown  Nature  Insects