Orchid

Boosting ecotourism, the Sessa Orchid Sanctuary is home to more than 236 species of orchids as well as a wealthy diversity of mushrooms and other medicinal plants.

In 2016, Samir Badal, an industrialist in Telangana, started an orchid farm because he wanted to try something new and was always fond of growing plants.

These folks come from varied backgrounds; there are teachers, businesspeople, students and tea planters, but are bound by the love for native and rare orchids.