Here is a dotted strawberry rangoli, with 13 to 1 dots, parallel style. I handed a printed copy of this design to Diya, to make it in our entrance, when we were expecting some special ikolam family members. Diya's version is very beautiful, and we got to admire her work for two whole days. 
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Here are the kolams and rangolis in this page:
- Strawberries Rangoli
- Nepenthes -- the pitcher plant
- Flowers collage
- Pansies
- Flowers
- Star kolam
- Easter egg-hunt! Rangoli
- Pride of Peacocks Rangoli
It has been my dream to make a rangoli that represents one of my favorite plants; the Pitcher plant - Nepenthes. There are many variations when it comes to the shape and color of the Pitcher plant. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants. Plants consist of specialized leaves in the shape of a pitcher which contains liquid. The insects get attracted to the pitcher and drown in the liquid. The plant absorbs the contents over a period of few days. The comments tag leads you to a detail page, that has the flies-animation file. There are 8 flies zooming around that get settled (trapped) on the dots that were intentionally left over within the pitcher (2 per pitcher). This is a dotted kolam; 15x1, parallel style. Here is one species of Nepenthes:
http://toptropicals.com/pics/garden/m1/EleNZ2/Nepenthes_alata_boschiana1...
The flower is equally interesting both in terms of the petal-shape and color:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/16...
Here is my collection of dyed eggs, from yesterday's Easter egg-hunt. These are dotted. Dot count: 15 to 5, interlaced. Some of them have chocolate filling coming out! Grab them while you still can.
Pictures taken during our South India trip during the winter break. Some of these pictures were taken while traveling in an auto, during waiting for the traffic signal. Let us know if you know the dot count.
