Day 1 : Haldummulla Trip

The First day of the, three-day trip to Haldummulla. We arrived at the Haldummulla Medicinal Plants Garden in the after-noon. Prof. Piyal Marasinghe, Scientist/Officer-in-charge, showed us around the garden, explaining about it's Flora & Fauna. He also did a short multimedia presentation on "The Host Plants of Butterflies" later in the evening.

Surathali-Ella @ Halpe

The Fist Haritha Diyatha activity : Surathali-Ella Name board - 2006 Nov.

National Research Medicinal Plants Garden

The Dormitory Building : & the Vihara-kanda

The Map of the Garden

Lunch is ready ....

Prof. Marasinghe explains ..

Listening to the call of a Bird ...

A flowering plant of Komarika

Boo-Kenda

Sri Lankan Wood-pigeon

Sri Lankan (Pompadour) Green Pigeon

Large Guvava Blue (Butterfly)'s larva nesting in

 a Kukuru-muwan fruit

Discussion @ tea

Prof. Piyal @ his lecture