Flowers of Talimena State Park

Continuing my post about my visiting Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma I would like to talk about the diversity of plant life and the wonderfully colorful blossoms I saw out there. One of the very good practices in the US is sprinkling the seeds of wildflowers in every public space, on pavements, in green belt areas, in the creeks, parks and all open spaces. The government takes the initiative to do this so that during summer months the entire place is a riot of colors and fragrance from these flowers wafts through the air.

Butterfly on a flower, which is more beautiful? I can't decide

Of course there are downsides to this practice too. The scientifically advanced society here doesn't believe in native health traditions and brand them as ritual, witch craft, absurd practices etc. Hence millions of Americans suffer from various kinds of allergies which get aggravated during spring and summer months. But then the capitalistic economy which America is, even the allergies have been converted into money making machines. Pharmaceutical companies advertise and sell their allergy alleviating drugs and earn millions of dollars during the few summer months.

Coming back to my photographic trysts, here are some of the beautiful natural creations I was able to capture in my lens. Take a look and do leave some comments whether you like the pictures or not.

Bright yellow... the colour which is most common on US roads

It was butterfly before, now it is some other insect

This white inflorescence is a real beauty

A bunch of blossoms in pretty purple

Alone and blue... but very cheerful in the gentle breeze

White with a golden center, always proud and confident

Another bunch of whites...

A bunch of yellows.. bright and cheerful... brings lot of zing into life

More information: Talimena Map
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