Photos of rare flowers on IISc-Bangalore campus

The 400-acre wooded campus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore is a “botanist’s delight” with over 800 species of flowering plants and trees blooming around the year. Bronze Shower tree — Sharath Ahuja

Flowers of Silk Floss tree —Sharath Ahuja

Flowers of the Snuff Box tree - Snuffbox tree is a slow-growing, evergreen plant that varies inhabit from a shrub growing 3 - 4 metres tall — Sharath Ahuja

Calico flower — also called Dutchman's Pipe — Sharath Ahuja

Tulip Gentian, Lisianthus — Sharath Ahuja

Foxtail Orchid — Sharath Ahuja

Heart of Flame, known scientifically as Bromelia Balansae, is a flowering plant native to forests and fields of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay — Sharath Ahuja

Flower of Elephant Apple tree — Sharath Ahuja

Dendrobium Friedericksianum — Sharath Ahuja

Dove Orchid — Sharath Ahuja

Brittle Tiger Orchid — Sharath Ahuja