Climate Change Is Making Rare Brahmakamal Flowers Bloom In Uttarakhand In Off-Season
Climate Change Is Making Rare Brahmakamal Flowers Bloom In Uttarakhand In Off-Season Highlights - The flowers usually bloom after sunset and just once a year. But in the upper areas of the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, they have continued to bloom in large numbers around Nandikund even in October. Brahmakamal flowers or sacred lotus, rare and revered flowers of the Himalayas that bloom from August to mid-September, have started blooming again in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district due to climate change. The flowers usually bloom after sunset and just once a year. But in the upper areas of the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, they have continued to bloom in large numbers around Nandikund even in October. According to experts, changing weather patterns are the likely cause of why the rare flowers that grow at elevations between 3500-3800 metres, are blooming in the off-season. We had one today pic.twitter.com/XoGD5W3gxO — Saara Paambu (@__init__ram) August 10, 2020 #WATCH U