This is Bauhinia purpurea all right. Narrow petals which do not overlap, exactly 3 stamens and strongly ribbed buds, are all signatures. The flowers of B. purpurea vary from properly to purple to completely white with just tinges of purple. You can see some other color variations here: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Purple%20Orchid%20Tree.html - Tabish
On Oct 5, 6:36 pm, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote: > Bharat-- > > I don't believe that any of the color forms of B. purpurea are named, though > I suppose that there are possibly selected ones that may be propagated > vegetatively to secure a specific floral appearance. > > If anyone else has additional info, please advise. > > Ken Greby > Florida and California, USA > > --- On Mon, 10/5/09, Bharat Bhushan <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Bharat Bhushan <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:20176] Fwd: Bauhinia puzzle > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, October 5, 2009, 7:28 AM > > I am almost sure about it being Bauhinia purpurea... but is it a specific > variety? > > -- > Dr. Bharat Bhushan, > Professor, Environmental Planning, & Director, Centre for Environment and > Development, YASHADA. > > Dean (Academic) & Secretary, YASHADA > Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Baner Road, Pune > 411007 India. Email: [email protected], Telephone: O: 25608164 Fax: > (+91 20) 25608100 M: 9823338227 > > -- > Dr. Bharat Bhushan, > Professor, Environmental Planning, & Director, Centre for Environment and > Development, YASHADA. > > Dean (Academic) & Secretary, YASHADA > Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration, Baner Road, Pune > 411007 India. Email: [email protected], Telephone: O: 25608164 Fax: > (+91 20) 25608100 M: 9823338227 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
