Some time back there was a mail from somebody who had a Bauhinia purpurea at his gate in his house in Mumbai. I forget the name of the Hon. Member. If he sees this dak, grateful for his opinion. akbhatt
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:07 PM, J.M. Garg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Neil ji, > From my attached pictures it appears that pedicels of *Bauhinia variegata*are > comparatively larger that those of > *Bauhinia purpurea*. > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Neil Soares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Hi Mr.Garg, >> While we await further close-up photographs of the flowers and leaves, >> would like to also draw to your attention the fact that the flowers have >> fairly long pedicels. >> Flowers of B.variegata are 'orchid-like', almost sessile in short >> few-flowered racemes never of the same colour. >> Regards, >> Neil. >> >> --- On *Thu, 10/23/08, Mahadeswara Swamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >> >> From: Mahadeswara Swamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [indiantreepix:5488] Re: a Bauhinia sp >> To: "sibdas ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 5:22 PM >> >> >> It is difficult to confirm the species from a long shot. In Bauhinia one has >> to >> look at the arrangement of the flowering parts. Unless you provide these >> details / close up of flowers one cannot identify properly. The most >> important distinctive characters are : B.variegata has 3 central petals >> overlapping with 5 long stamens, whereas the B.purpurea has no overlapping >> petals but possess 3 long fertile stamens and 2 (or more) short ones! >> Dr. Mahadeswara swamy >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: sibdas ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, 21 October, 2008 9:04:15 PM >> Subject: [indiantreepix:5463] a Bauhinia sp >> >> A Bauhinia sp. needs identification. >> >> >> >> Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab >> nowhttp://in.promos.yahoo.com/address >> >> >> >> >> For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group >> (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> >> >> >> >> -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
