Brahma Kamal (Saussurea Obvallata): Inside the Rare Himalayan Flower Growing at 15,000 Feet
Somewhere above 12,000 feet, where the air is too thin for most living things and the nights drop below freezing even in July, a flower is quietly getting ready to do something almost nobody will see. It will open after dark. It will fully bloom in about two hours. And by sunrise, it will already…