Some bloom after four, eight, 10, 12 or even 16 years. From Munnar, it’s 30km to the settlement of Suryanelli and then 18km uphill over a dirt road.It is an extremely bumpy ride that must be made in a 4x4, but the views are worth the trip, with clusters of Neelakurinji covering the edges of the Kolukkumalai peak enveloped in the area’s characteristic mist.Kurinjithen is the honey derived from Neelakurinji flowers (Credit: Mayank Soni)Perhaps even more elusive than Neelakurinji flowers is the honey derived from them, called Kurinjithen. The mass flowering attracts an increase in bees for pollination, which ultimately leads to this rare honey. The leaves grow on green stalk and branches divided into three sections. The time taken to mature varies in different species of Kurinjis. It shows flowers once in 45–50 years in north-east India. You can use the heads of its dried seed in flower arrangements. The government began widening the roads along the hills, local restaurants geared up, everyone was very excited.”Close to a million tourists were expected – and then disaster struck. Other Versions. “Not just us, everyone was preparing. It is one kind of the largest palms; it reaches up to 25 meters high (82 ft), and the stems can reach up to 1.3 m (4.3 ft) in diameter.
For one whole month, we had no tourists at all. The night-blooming cereus is referring to a wide range of flowers; Its name is “Ceroid cacti” and belongs to the cactus family. It blooms in between July and October after every 12 years. The Neelakurinji has a 12-years of the budding cycle. It grows up to 10-25 m tall. The plant weights a lot and rarely blooms. Their god, Lord Muruga, married Valli, a tribal hunter girl, by weaving a garland of Neelakurinji flowers around her neck. Eravikulam National Park alone is home to wide variety of rare flora, and it was with that in mind that the NGO According to campaign coordinator Ansar Mangalathop, “It was through the work of the council when in 2006 the government declared 3,200 hectares of Kurinji habitat near Munnar as a Kurinji sanctuary. Also, it is impossible to know which flowers the honey comes from, which only adds to its complex nature.“See, Munnar and surrounding protected area is home to various kinds of flora, and there is no way to know whether a bee has only been to the Kurinji flower for nectar,” Mohan said. It also provides the best chance for the flowers to be seen and studied.A rare flower that doesn’t grow anywhere else in the world, the Neelakurinji has several cultural associations in India. Agave Americana sends up a tall, eight-meter (26 ft) high spike with offshoots of yellow, clumped flowers. These were plants whose flowering are significant events for scientists, botanists and people interested in tracing the wonders of nature. It grows up to 10-25 m tall. Every being bloom in its way, and at the end of the day, we all will bloom. Kurinji grows in protected areas, and there are 50 species of it. The flower badly needs the air and water it gets from the soil. The scientists say that this plant grows large rises in a very harsh environment, for such they need some years to bloom because it is challenging to collect resources for breeding and flowering in such arid environment conditions, and flowering it is very generous one as it produces about 10,000 seeds. However, there are some specific narrow-leafed that took over 30,000 years to bloom! Corpse flowers can reach in warming up to 98 degrees Fahrenheit (36.7 Celsius) to further fool the insects. Twelve years down the line, maybe I’m living somewhere else because of a job or marriage... maybe I’ll be dead,” said R Mohan, environmental activist.The Neelakurinji takes a particular period for the new seeds to bloom (Credit: DARKROOM/Balan Madhavan/Alamy)The Neelakurinji is a monocarpic plant, meaning that each shrub reproduces once after flowering and then dies, and it takes a particular period for the new seeds to bloom.