If I was allowed to nominate two Flower pictures of the year, this one would have been my second one. I had posted this plant from Herbal Garden plant, and simply love it for its beauty and unique story of origin. Here is link to my upload:
https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#sent/1254a9b460d53e01 -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 6:51 AM, Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]>wrote: > I am repeating this in response to the mail by Mr. Garg in this regard. > Another special point I forgot to mention last time is that this flower was > discovered in Hongkong and as it is a cross, only vegetative propagation is > possible. So like Bodhi Vriksha all the trees have been developed from a > single plant. This is the national (!) flower of Hongkong. > ak > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:19 AM > Subject: Flower picture of the year > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > Cc: Anand Kumar Bhatt <[email protected]> > > > The problem in raising this tree (Bauhinia X Blakeana) is that one is not > sure whether or not it is the same variety. Nurseries often palm off > variegaata or acuminata in its place. Anyway now I have it. The other > challenge is to convert this bushy tree into a shapely one! > ak > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > My blogsite is at: > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > And the photo site: > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma,Patel, Shah, > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! > > > > -- > Anand Kumar Bhatt > A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road > Gwalior. 474 005. > Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. > My blogsite is at: > http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com > And the photo site: > www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma,Patel, Shah, > Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers! > > -- > 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]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- 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.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

