The flower show has been a part of the institution’s history for 35 years, and it is held to commemorate the founder, J N Tata’s, birth anniversary. The plants on display are grown in-house and are displayed from the main building’s door.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) will hold its annual flower display for a month beginning March 3.
The flower show has been a part of the institution’s history for 35 years, and it is held to commemorate the founder, J N Tata’s, birth anniversary.
The plants on display are grown on campus and can be found from the main building’s door to the founder’s statue.
This time, around 15 different plant varieties will be on display, including phlox, zinnia, coral zinnia, celosia, and hollyhocks, as well as several forms of marigold, candytuft, and nasturtium. According to B Sridhar, horticulturist and exhibition curator, the plants were picked for their height and color to complement the floral tribute design.
“We add microbial culture to the process to make it organic. This makes the plants look brighter and allows them to reveal their real color,” he added.
Sridhar and team crew of 10 have been growing these plants since last October, spacing them out according to their flowering cycle, which varies from 50 to 130 days.
Fifty percent of the plants are set to flower by March 3 and the rest will blossom by the third or fourth week of March, he added.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a deemed public research university that specialises in science, engineering, design, and management.
It is located in the city of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The institute was founded in 1909 with the active support of Jamsetji Tata, and is thus also known as the “Tata Institute” in the local community. It is one of India’s most prestigious academic institutions, with the highest number of citations per faculty of any university on the planet.