And when, the flowers bloomed, the plant’s true beauty was seen. Scientifically categorized as Nervilia Plicata –it was the first confirmed record of this species from Sri Lanka. Nervilia Plicata : An ...

Kumudini Hettiarachchi reports, Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara Big and purple, it is proudly “propagated” as the ‘National Flower’ of Sri Lanka. It is on the government’s official website, the stamp issued ...

TASS/. A newly established Hainan Tropical Flower Trading (Auction) Market will carry out international shipments of water lilies from Sri Lanka. This was reported by the Hainan Daily newspaper.

Like many things in Sri Lanka, trains run on island time ... orchid nursery and a cannonball tree with otherworldly fuchsia flowers planted by King George V and Queen Mary during their 1901 ...