Brahma Kamal, Saussurea obvallata, plants with their mystic energies and fantasia tales still holds a precious part of ,my heart and my window garden.Brahma Kamal flower photo shared by a Blog fan follower My Terrace Garden Old Brahma Kamal plant Flower Brahma Kamal photo shared by Garden Care Simplified Blog reader
I did that...- and I did that..DIY Brahma Kamal recycled pots home decor.
- and that too! .read- Clicked secret photo's of buds from someone's' window!
and I did that! painted the flowers, to please Brahma Kamal! Blooms of Opulence!growing with a coir stick support
It is believed in Hinduism culture that the Brahma Kamal plant only flowers in some homes and those are chosen to experience goodluck in form of good news, wealth and happiness. So the journey of love continues with yet waiting to see Lord Brahma blossom the creative energies in my home. The wait is I read a few years to fourteen years for this plant to begin showing its first flowers. And I still remember the first bud that fell...it was reining heavily and the plant was on our terrace garden...I didn't even know the bud and later saw its minute details, explicit beauty! things would have been so different had I seen the flower blossom at that time, so many years back, but my passion continues. I have three pots with healthy growing plants of Brahma Kamal. So the obsession became a passion of collecting plants from different places, cities, and growing them. Many died ( I wrote this post-Am I a serial killer?)and few remain. Why my Brahma Kamal plants got angry? But now I can write a thesis about this plant!,Saussurea obvallata, - yes, there are always scientific reasons and if you have the right knowledge, and apply it, this plant will flower! I keep reading, searching on Google for Brahma Kamal flowering time, and watch You Tube videos but no one shares the exact formula. People just make videos and share the same info. Is there a magical aspect and maybe the quote is apt-keep the hustle on! so I do.
- Why do buds form and then fall off on this Brahma Kamal plant? Many people struggle with this. First when a new bud comes it is a miracle in itself with hope and joy and then if it falls off people get depressed. This is a plant and it needs its care trust me on that. Observe its habits, understand its growth process, and talk to your plant. There is a scientific reason why Brahma Kamal plant buds drop.
- 1) The plant is too weak. A newly planted Brahma Kamal leaf is not very strong to hold the weight of this bud. The flowers are really heavy and big in size as shared by my Blog Garden care Simplified readers.
- Read here- How to save a dying Brahma Kamal plant?
- 2) Disease and pests in Brahma Kamal Plant. The Brahma Kamal plant is a succulent, means the leaves are fleshy and have stored water. They attract pests, beetles, bugs make tiny holes in them. Slugs feast upon them and ants too love these! I am so happy that they are MashaAllah going healthy in my window garden. and I keep a check on their health regularly. watch this You Tube video Brahma Kamal plant disease and care. BE ALERT! that is my motto!
- 3)Watering issues .Why Brahma Kamal plant leaves go limp?
- Fantastic Photos-original in these magical posts- This Brahma Kamal flower photos shared by Garden Care Simplified Fan reader. and this one is WOW Brahma Kamal Photos by blog Follower!
- Video of flowering, another post with original photos,
- This blessed home shared Brahma Kamal photos,
- Original photos' of Brahma Kamal flowering by a fan.
- Watering is I think most important issue for leaf and bud drop. leaves get mushy with over watering and rot. And less watering too dries the roots and the leaves or bud drops.
- 4) feedings. how much fertilizer did you feed your plant? there is a tendency to over feed to get fast flowers but the plant has to absorb or digest this feeding and many times plants die of over dose. I have seen even other plants like mogra and roses that immediately spright up with so many tiny buds and even before they grow the buds drop off. Reason-too much fertilizer. Give less food, and more love. Too much green foliage is also harmful, where will the plant get strength to produce flowers?
- 5) Environment. Did a pet or a small child just pluck it off while observing the bud? Harsh winds and rains in outside environment can be the reason for bud drop. If it shows buds protect it. they are precious. talk to the plant before shifting it. You have to protect your plant buds from others, especially evil eye glances. the ANNOUNCEMENT is only made on the night when the flower actually blooms. You may have seen the movie Dennis the Menace and Mr Wilson struggles growing a unique plant that flowers once in life time, like fifty or sixty years, the bud is about to open and the chaos by Dennis , no one even gets to see it and the flower closes wilts off! Better keep your plant protected! Correct way to use Salt tips to protect from evil eye. Some people also ties a black cloth for protecting plants.
About increasing the vase life of Brahma Kamal. In my previous posts I have rated the Brahma Kamal plants as top most in most expensive plants of the world because of tis very low shelf life. Only a single night and the flower dries off the next morning so it cannot be sold or gifted. I am sure the world is experimenting on this plant to increase its shelf life and to hold the magic for a longer period. I have not seen the flowers and maybe when i see I will try various things too! I have read people cut the flowers and keep in rich preservative added water but to no success. Some people have tried to refrigerate the blooms but still nothing. I am sure we will find a way to store it somehow in the future soon. And who knows there will be magic grow , something created with a formula of fertilizers, that will give you Brahma Kamal flowers every month and all year round!
Adding some nutrients may keep the cut flower fresh in water vase. Flower store owners know the magic formula. Cut flowers are offered to God in temples first and then they are placed in water. Usually let the flowers remain on the plant itself. Maybe mimicking the night may allow the flowers to remain for a longer time? try it and share!
When do you buy Brahma Kamal plants? is there a good time? a best time to plant them? Avoid summers, choose full moon nights to plant this auspicious plant if you have the choice. the energies are high. Never buy or plant Brahma Kamal saplings at night. Never cut the leaves at night. Never share a cutting during afternoon twelve o'clock with anyone. you risk your plant dying! Usually I buy plants in morning or evening and bring them home before night. I plant new saplings during early hours of the day. This method allows the plant to adjust to the new home, new soil and pot for the whole day before night falls.
When you have a leaf of Brahma Kamal allow it to dry for a day or two and then plant them. Before ten in morning you can choose a time. make some intentions and talk to your plant while you pot it. This helps the new sapling to bond with you.
I think early winter is a good time when the cactus, Brahma Kamal leaf gets time to live dormant and then sprout into new shoots of leaves.
As my wait continues do keep sharing your happiness's! I am sure there are so many homes who are now witnessing this mystical miracle! of watching the Brahma Kamal flower blooming!
Thank you very much for coming by Garden Care Simplified!
Happy gardening from Rizwana!
Dedicated since year 2010 towards sharing passionately practical workable gardening information and flowering tips in exotic plants with original photos on my Google blog Garden Care Simplified! Not a plant seller, A Healing artist selling original reiki paintings.
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28.11.20
Why Brahma Kamal bud drops? How to increase vase life of Brahma kamal flower? Is there a best time to buy or plant this ?
17.11.20
Where do you get vegetable seeds? Grow Palak at home!What are Kitchen garden requirements? World rating Brahma Kamal flowers
Hi everyone A Very Happy Deepavali,a precious festival of lights that is new beginnings and Welcoming Prosperity, that is celebrated with lots of excitement in India. And all over the world by Hindus especially but people of all cultures light crackers and enjoy light show. This year lockdown did not Stop us, we have zoom and WhatsApp to connect with our families! Buying vegetable seeds, kitchen garden requirements and mystical Brahma Kamal rating at world's level, in this interesting post today! ( Have been very busy with my new art website on wix as I closed my old website of six and half years with FASO websites, newness freshness and lots of offers on reiki feng shuii paintings, do visit for out of the box New year art gifts! www.razarts.com)
Lots of excitement because first time I started growing plants from seeds. Usually flowering plants from my terrace and window garden would drop flowers and new babies came up naturally, I have a bad record of growing plants from seeds. Need came up because my pet budgies love spinach, Palakespecially my Greeny male, I call him Popeye, he loves greens. I feed my love birds with mix, seeds, spinach, cooked rice and of course for the calcium needs, there is the fish cuttle bone. In lockdown there was the challenge to find food, but Amazon.in had us connected with great products and fast delivery. I am really thankful for this blessings by Amazon.
So since fresh vegetables, greens were difficult, to get these regularly. I bought even few spinach leaves for fifty rupees, but they were dried and insect eaten. The search on Google, I love Google, its my best guide and teacher, and I wish Google happy teachers Day and also on Guru Poornima! How to grow Palak at home?
Best vegetable seeds are available online. Amazon has offers, but you also have online plant nurseries who deliver seeds to your home. They come in air sealed paper packets, I saw spinach/palak seeds for the first time.
Spinach seeds online purchase |
spinach seeds close up |
Bougainvillea flowers in Window Garden |
Planted spinach Palak seeds |
Fresh sprouts of Spinach Palak Green leafy vegetable |
in five days sprouts of Palak spinach |
My Healthy happy money plant check Money plant infinity technique |
In a week spinach/palak saplings |
Took a few and planted them, and in five days they came up ,tiny beautiful babies with new life, Freshest Palak! With the window net now I don't have the worries of terrace garden where young saplings were feasted by birds!
Baby spinach saplings |
Kitchen Gardens are such an Awesome way to bring feng shuii energy in your home. Healthy greens are easy to grow from seeds and cuttings. I have already written about mint, curry leaves, oregano ajwain, green chillies, black pepper, and fruits, growing from market bought cuttings seeds in previous posts
Let's move to practical information on Kitchen Garden requirements-
1) Sunlight is essential but even few hours indirect lighting is sufficient.
2) Windows, Kitchen sill or smaller space also is ok.
3) Begin with small pots. In fact herbs grow well in small containers. And I can't pink or move large pots so be careful of your back, because we need to always keep checking, trimming, feeding and watering as also repotting.
4) Rich soil is important. Kitchen remains act as good fertilizer, but be careful of smell and rats if its open window. Ours ,we made it safe first' and then started our window garden.
5) keep the base clear. Plates below the pot are good idea to prevent water spillage outside your home wall have installed a stone border so no water leaks out. Plates under pots need lots of care. I avoid this because a) they stop air flow from bottom of container making the plants soil soggy and b) too much risks of insects mosquito breeding.
Which leads us to an important point of kitchen gardening,
6) water accumulation must be avoided. I have specially made the granite stone hedge for my window garden so that water does not spill out staining the building wall from outside. It is very important to avoid water accumulation and yet keep your plants hydrated and happy.
7) Be selective in growing plants. Vegetables need some space as well as protective sprays from insects and pests so avoid if the kitchen widow is near your kitchen counter top. We don't want creepy worms coming inside! I prefer my herbs to be in small pots and only selective few.
Brahma Kamal flower Rating in the world!
Trying to please Lord Brahma! The God of Creation! Did you know the precious Brahma Kamal plant, Saussurea obvallata, actually a cactus, with its unique flowering mode, the plant flowers after fourteen of fifteen years ,some say seven years and some boast of few months their Brahma Kamal leaf flowered! is on the world famous flowers list. (Practical informative post- How to save a dying Brahma Kamal plant)
Unique quality of blooming late evening and drying off before sunrise, only one night life, and the wait is so long, hence the Brahma Kamal flower is rated number one amongst flowers of the world and the costliest flower in the world. This flower cannot be gifted nor used for decorations for any functions. Due to its limited shelf life Brahma Kamal flower, Night Queen flower is the costliest flower ,and however I wished to buy a ready budding Brahma Kamal I am yet to find one! So fingers crossed for my window Brahma Kamal flowers, watch the video on You Tube Channel the Red Pilgrim.
With tons of excitement observing daily progress of spinach babies, hoping my Popeye loves these and with Tons of Magic there is always Joy in my garden! Rizwana Mundewadi Wishing You Happy Gardening!
A Reiki healing artist, I do not sell plants!
3.11.20
Money plant Infinity technique, money plant growing feng shui ideas and Can You Take Brahma Kamal leaf in plane
Thick roots from the money plant climber |
Starting setting up the Infinity symbol stick for money plant |
Home made with love! money plant growing technique |
Making infinity symbol with leftover wire mesh |
The roots are alive and with strong sucking energy vibes! |
Money plants cling to cement walls too |
Coir sticks ordered from Amazon.in |
Money plant growing technique with coir stick |
Money plant technique growing with Chinese Goodluck Bamboo Plants |
Since two Chinese Bamboo plants in wealth sector are great feng shuii we can power pack the sector with added energy of growing money plant. This attracts good health, relationships elders blessings and wealth.
Added support of coir stick to the long leaves of Brahma Kamal Plant |
check Brahma Kamal plant disease and care - post |
26.8.20
Brahma Kamal Plant Disease and growth care YouTube Video and How I am trying to please Lord Brahma for the flower!
The YouTube video on Brahma Kamal was made on many requests from random plant lovers and Garden Care Simplified Blog Followers and as my obsessions continue with the dream to successfully grow and wait upon the Lord Brahma to bless me with the amazing flower..the wait continues...
DIY Brahma Kamal flower pot |
Terrace garden had so many plants of Brahma Kamal but due to pest attacks and too much strong sunlight doses and of course bugs and beetles who feasted upon the fleshy leaves I had a lot of struggle to grow the Brahma Kamal plants. Read here- Am I a serial killer! my Terrace garden Brahma Kamal plants post.
Brahma Kamal plants going limp!Important lessons.
Here now in our window garden the climate is just right and the plants seem happy with low light and controlled conditions.
My Healthy Brahma Kamal plants |
The video has pests, diseases and some practical tips of how to grow healthy leaves of Brahma Kamal plant.
Prevent disease and pest attacks immediately in Brahma Kamal plant |
How I am trying to please Lord Brahma!
Yes, actually!
With the obsession of painting a collection of Unique Brahma Kamla flower paintings The Mystical Brahma Kamal and this large canvas..
Blooms of Opulence painting by Rizwana A.Mundewadi |
DIY Pooja Room decor item |
DIY Temple decor container |
DIY Brahma Kamal Pot |
Brahma Kamal Plants growing in Window Garden |
Be alert for signs and symbols of early infestation in Brahma Kamal plant |
I did a DIY project with Covid 19 lock down and undergoing a complete makeover of my window garden, read here, now was the containers and extra utensils at home that brought a sparkle.
Water jars can be sued a soil containers for Pooja room and temple decor. The Temple decor need not be absolute traditional with only blank walls and simple diyas oil lamps.
DIY BRAHMA KAMAL POT- Take any ceramic pot or steel jar. paint it with chalk paint. Make it at home- one part POP powder, One tsp glue fevicol, some water, some acrylic white paint and then add whatever colour you wish to make! EASY!
The old calender photographs are stored since year 2002 or earlier. Insirign photos I usually keep for paintign inspirations and now they called upon me this time year 2020 in this lockdown period it came upon to please Lord Brahma, the Brahma Kamal flower when not in reality can be added in virtual form and a beautiful way to be reminded of my dream obsession!
Trim the Brahma Kamal flower photo with hands for irregular shape. You can also take a print out of the flower photo that are free to be downloaded on google. Thinner the paper, easier it is to decoupage. Stick the flower photo with glue dissolved in water. This helps for even application of the photo to the container.
Paint the long Brahma Kamal leaves coming out naturally from the flower. I have also made tiny buds coming out with actual excitement as if viewing them on my plants.
These containers can be displayed as modern feng shuii energy activators for luck and blessings of Lord Brahma. Pooja rooms decor, temple room decor items these are made from recylcing all materials available at home, try it!
Brahma Kamal flower seems to be elusive and yet the wait continues but my love for the flower seems to be increasing year after year. These are decoupaged over old containers and what a lovely way to please Lord Brahma! maybe he would oblige! and maybe I get to see the Brahma Kamal flowers!!!!!!!!!!
and bless me with Brahma Kamal blooms!
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Happy Gardening from Rizwana!
6.8.20
2 Best Academic Luck Plants 2 Best Wealth Luck Plants and 2 Best Plants for Marital Luck
Beginning with 2 plants for academic performance and improving educational luck. Why do we need if our children are grown up, or all family members are working? we do need this energy because even when people are working and qualified there is always need for improving and gaining new knowledge to be in par with the society and work profession. Especially in any challenging times or recession times it is so important that you are upto date and have additional skills to improve your portfolio. Two plants that have immense feng shuii benefits to improve academic luck are fleshy leaves-Jade and Fat boy or ZZ plant and cactus.
ZZ plant |
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Jade Plant |
Ajwain Oregano Plant |
Fat boy plant |
Yellow container |
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Goodluck Plant of Thailand Euphorbia milli |
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Academic success will affect your complete wealth luck and success. This also heals heal relationships and colleague friendships and support.
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2 Best Feng Shuii Wealth luck Plants are so often shared on the web but you may not know how to use them effectively and the best place for these to give you results. I am not naming the most common wealth luck plants like the money plant and Chinese Bamboo which you already have. Try Purple hearts in overflowing trailing growth pattern and try the Chinese Evergreen plant.
Purple hearts overflowing |
Chinese Evergreen |
Anthuriums |
Two Birds flying inwards symbol can be used for wealth career and marital luck |
Red Anthurium plants |
Carnations |
Peace Lily flower for feng shui luck |
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