MySuru: Neelakurinji, known as Strentholanthes Kunthiana, blooms in Biligiri Rangatathaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve once in 12 years.
This year was that year.
The Bluishpurple blooms rarely make spectacular views, attract a large number of visitors, even though it comes into restricted backup.
Deputy Director of Horticulture BT Rudresh said: “One hundred and forty-six types of nesellakurinji flowers were found in India and spread in the western region of South Indian Ghats in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Rare flowers, which grew to 30 to 60 centimeters high, bloom only once in a lifetime of plants.
This phenomenon occurs once in 12 years, after the plants die.
There are 450 species of genus strovillathes and 146 found in India.
Of these, 43 is in Kerala.
One of them is neelakurinji (Kunthiana StrokeThes).
” This flower has bloomed for two weeks in a large area of ​​Chamarajanagar various Bukit Byruunu and Punajur Regency and has also been seen in the range of Honnametti hills and plantation bedaguli.
After the government stated that the Tiger reserves, the Ministry of Forestry limited the entry of visitors to enjoy this rare view.
Previously, the flowers used to bloom in Karnataka and Bababiriiri Bukit in Chikkamagaluru district too.
It is believed to have medicinal value.
The representative conservator from the forest and Director of the Tiger Reserve Brt Project Santhoshkumar said this was the first time he saw a rare flower bloom after he took over the division.
Usually, these flowers bloom in large quantities in Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu and Western Ghats.
Watching Mysuru: After 12 years of blooming neelakurinji in Kudus BRT