Orchids..

I have often mentioned this – one the best parts of the being in Bethel is meeting different folk – we get to meet all kinds of people, people with different tastes and interests and we have learned a lot from them.

Subho was with us way back in September of 2009. He had come here with his wife Paramita and son Tijil. At Bethel all of us have very decent idea about the flaura and fauna around us – the birds / animals / some of the trees (any tree we don’t know, we promptly name it – “Jungle Wood” ) – he introduced us to a part of the flora around us that we were completely oblivious about – Orchids!!

Orchids was Subho’s passion (Birds were Paramita’s) – he was able to open our eyes to the world of orchids. We don’t have any particularly rare or exotic ones in our estate. However there was on thing that we learned that made us particularly happy. Orchids are very sophisticated and very fragile – they are so specialized that they need very precise conditions for them to survive and propagate and hence they are a very good indicator of the health of the ecosystem – Bethel has a pretty decent amount of orchid growth, that is something we are be happy about.

Here are some of the photographs taken by Subho at Bethel -