A new species of flowering plant has been described from Sri Lanka’s Peak Wilderness rainforest, part of the Strobilanthes genus of plants that put on spectacular blooming displays periodically. Sri ...

In a little under a decade, one of the strongholds for four species of native Strobilanthes plants in the upper Nilgiris has lost more than 90 % of its iconic plant population. “While this is only a ...

While the Nilgiris is famous for the periodic mass-flowering of the Strobilanthes kunthiana, known commonly as the ‘neelakurinji,’ garden enthusiasts can now purchase plants belonging to the same ...

A Flower Returns From Silence: Nearly half a century after it slipped into botanical silence, a ghost flower of Sri Lanka’s misty highlands has returned—quietly, improbably, and beautifully—from the ...

Lead scientist on Molecular Biology and Plant Taxonomy Dr. Nilanthi Rajapakse of the Department of Wildlife Conservation and her team have discovered a new species of Nelu, Strobilanthes ...