Tuberose from Sharmila’s garden
I grew up in India calling this “Rajanigandha”. Without doubt, one of the most fragrant flowers one can ever be around. This flower almost always carries a symbolism of marriage in my mind since every wedding ceremony in India (certainly the parts that I come from) would have this as a must-have item. This, those ever-flickering tubelights in the wedding halls and those dratted small green insects that rejoiced in walking sideways around those flickering tubelights (Bengalis help me – “shyamapoka”???).
My dad – who is not exactly conversant with everything America – could not be more glowing of this country when I told him this morning that Sharmila has grown “Rajanigandha” in our garden. It has almost made up for his disdain towards those American socks sellers for selling me socks that barely came up to my ankles. (He figured for the money I paid – once multiplied by the exchange factor, I should have gotten socks up to my knees. Or even more!! đŸ™‚ )
Anyways, going back to the picture, this was taken with an iPhone in the evening. I could get one stalk in an angle such that there was nothing behind that gave a great depth of field perception.
Where do you find this?
Ranjanda! Help!! I think you gave this to Sharmila, right? You got it from India, did you not? Or was it Mexico?
From India a long time ago … it was given to us and we have given the bulbs to all our friends
Rajib Roy one can also get it from Hawaii.
Rajib Roy A few years ago I saw a woman was selling tuberoses at a farmers market. She told me that they were from her garden. I just checked. There is a tuberose farm in Tennessee. Here is the link. Ours are from India.
https://www.tntuberoses.com/
The famous “Rajanigandha”. Good click.
Bah… American rajanigandha
Darun futeche rajibda
O rajanigandha tomar gondho sudhu dhalo…..
Desi fragrance in a foreign land!wow!
I thoroughly enjoyed your father’s reaction to your socks.
Lovely…(on a sad personal note, it reminds me of my father`s picture which was covered last year with this…).
wow..rajanigandha!!!Close to every bong s heart
Beautiful…..but Rajeeb, your narration is much more ‘beautiful’…..god bless you….
Wow khub sundor. Baganta nishoy ghandhe vhore jai
Sharmila r garden ,tomar noi rajib?
Ki sundor gandho Banglar katha mone koria dei na
Congratulations sharmila
Just beautiful !!
Bah! Mon bhalo kore deoa ak chilte chobi! Gandhotao besh!