to Chickamagalur four years back. The abundant bunches of flowers
hanging down, looked beautiful. We stopped there for a cup of coffee
( fresh, from the estate and heavenly ) and also bought a cutting from
the good lady who owns the estate.
I planted it behind our house and it spread onto the guava tree. It grew
fiercely, covered the entire tree, spread to other plants around, went outside
our compound, and also into our balcony. But it never flowered as we had
seen it at Chickamagalur.
After a snake used the creeper highway to get into our balcony, I cut
down the creeper but a part of it was lingering around the bottom of
the guava tree.
After we remodelled our clinic, I thought the bare fabrication work may
look better with some vegetation around it and planted a cutting of the
Chikkamagalur creeper at the base.
It has spread beautifully onto the metal pillar and struts. Two days
back one of our patients mentioned that the flowers at the entrance
look very good. I found the creeper had flowered and the bunches
of flowers are festooning the entrance. They do look very nice !
After more than four years our effort has borne fruit, rather flowered !
