Today is the last day of September and I remembered that it is the day for posting pictures of tropical plants. Most of the plants in my garden are tropical plants anyway. The Sanchezia shown above has really got masses of 'hot' flowers now, and the leaves remind one of tiger stripes.
The Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia regina was named after the family of a queen.
The Guzmania flower will last for months. 
When my friend Anu showed me the growth on the Peacock Flower Caesalpinia pulchrrima plant, I thought it was a parasite. On closer inspection we found that it was the stem which had grown monstrously.
The growth looked like an alien green snake with hoods. Flower buds were sprouting from the stem.
Where is everybody? No one has woken up ever after three wake-up calls!
These yellow flowers still remain nameless, as I am unable to find their name. They too have no scent, but their colour is very bright.
The Star Pentas is another scentless flower. The bushes are full of blooms now.
Although many roses these days do have scent, this lovely red rose is not scented.
The Walking Iris flowers last for a few hours in this weather. It is another of the scentless wonders.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein
Now that the incessant rains have stopped, plenty of flowers are blooming in my garden. 
The double pink pelargoniums seem to have withstood the rainy season well
I planted these pink- mauve Cleomes with dahlias of the same colour, and Barbados Bachelor's Buttons of a similar colour. I had seen pictures of same colour gardens in England. But now I think a contrasting colour would have been better for our tropical surroundings.
This double hibiscus is from my school garden.
This Thunbergia mysorensis on a pergola from my school garden elicits 'Aah!'s from visitors, but I think mine are more beautiful.
I was invited by Malar of My Little Garden for a game in which I have to write ten things I love todo and invite ten friends to join in. So here goes:
3. I love reading. I usually sit in my garden with a book.
5. I love to potter in the garden. 
7. I love travelling. I especially like to go to the Himalayas. %5B1%5D.jpg)
9. I like to see paintings. 
The Royal Palm Roystonea regia is a favourite among the gardeners of large gardens and parks. It is also called the Bottle Palm, as it gets a bottle shape when it matures.
The leaves are a glossy green, and the bark is a silky pale grey. The tree stands staight majestically, making it look regal. They are planted in the avenues in parks, giving the avenue a formal look. Its flowers are pale yellow and full of food for the bees, which swarm the trees which are in flower.
I saw this frond on the ground, into which the flowers of the palm were falling like gentle rain upon the place beneath. There were scores of bees gorging on the pollen of the fallen flowers too. These guys seem to be sleeping it off after a full afternoon's orgy of eating and drinking.
Flower sellers are usually women, but this flower shop has a boy who sells these garlands for offering at the temple. The garlands are made of jasmine, rose, yellow chrysanthemum , lotus , and with pink oleander blossoms.
Flower girls like this woman are a common sight on the roadside of south Indian cities. She makes strings of jasmine for the women to wear in their hair. She ties up the flowers dextrously with a string, without using a needle.
The volunteer red salvia is undaunted by the overcast days, and the nightly rain. It is a native of the Americas, which has made itself comfortable in the tropics of Asia.
Another flower from the Western hemisphere is this Barbados Bachelor's Button. I like the pretty violet colour, and its fruity scent when the leaves are bruised.
A native of India, this pink hibiscus flowers profusely throughout the year. It has long stems which can make it unsightly. There is also a white variety which is very popular for making a home made herbal shampoo.
The Chinese Hat , Holmskioldia is a native of the Himalayan regions of India. I saw these flowers on a hedge .
It is usual in South Indian homes to have a bowl full of water with flowers floating in it , kept at the hallway near the entrance. It denotes welcome and cheer.
This is a floating rangoli in my frog pond .
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The skies are relentlessly grey,and the pink, pendulous flowers of this Thunbergia also seem to have lost their colour .
The predominant colour in my garden is green. While other gardens in the neighbourhood are spilling over with hibiscus and chrysanthemum blooms, my foliage plants seem to be thriving. I console myself that the lack of abundance of flowers may be due to the trees all around.
Alocacia Metallica has dark leaves which look like a horse's face. They look striking against a wall. Small plantlets of this alocacia are sprouting up all over my garden now.
The huge leaves of this Anthurium have light coloured veins.
This is a native Lemon grass .The blades are razor sharp- I have had my fingers slashed by them twice! I use the leaves to flavour tea, and also for Thai cooking.
This is an Alpinia - a ginger. It is like a beam of sunshine in a corner of the garden.Its shell like flowers are also attractive.
Tge goldend Chalice vine Solandra grandiflora is bravely putting out its huge trumpets in spite of the heavy rain.
My frog pond gets filled by rainwater, which the water lilies seem to like.
American Elderberry Sambucus canadensis has delicate, lace like inflorescence, which , I think is very strong to withstand the heavy rain.
Water Hyacinth blooms have such a delicate colour. They too seem to enjoy the rain.
The old faithful Hoya Carnosa is bravely bringing out flowers, which get destroyed in a day by the downpour.
This little frog had markings which make it almost invisible in its hunting ground.
It saves itself from the birds and snakes with the help of its camouflage.
This moth was sleeping on my window curtain the whole afternoon. It looked like a print on the fabric.
The mantids I have seen in my garden are usually green, but this one had interesting markings, making it invisible among the French marigolds. 
