Dear Surajit ji Then what about your post on April 25, 2012 at 9:09:51 PM, where you talked about seed pods?
Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. https://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 9:06 PM surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Sir, this is *Bauhinia* x *blakeana*, for it does not produce fruit > or seeds. > (I did keep this particular tree under my observation for years.) > > Thank you for taking care. > > Regards > surajit > > On Mon, 13 Sept 2021 at 18:02, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding for ID >> Distributed as Bauhinia variegata ? >> <https://efloraofindia.com/2020/07/20/bauhinia-variegata-1/> >> I think yes B. variegata Bauhinia variegata species page - THAILAND >> NATURE PROJECT >> <https://www.thailandnatureproject.com/bauhinia-variegata.html> >> Group discussion at >> Bauhinia x blakeana :: Hooghly, West Bengal (google.com) >> <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/2fer1UHmLTI> >> On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 9:09:51 PM UTC+5:30 >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> >>> I think now that this is *NOT* *Bauhinia* *blakeana.* Because, later i >>> witnessed seedpod growing on this tree and i uploaded the same in another >>> post - >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/seedpod$20-$20bauhinia$20x$20blakeana/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0/7F1d4il4Sz8J >>> >>> I confirm hereby that images from both of my posts were recorded from >>> the same tree. >>> >>> A relevant document is here - >>> http://www.amjbot.org/content/92/3/525.full >>> >>> Thank you & regards, >>> >>> Surajit Koley >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:56 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Feedback from another thread >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0 >>>> : >>>> >>>> "Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact that *B.* *blakeana* >>>> is a sterile plant. I also read, in January, about the sterile flowers of >>>> *B. >>>> blakeana* in wikipedia and other websites. >>>> But there is a discussion at - >>>> http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53664/ where someone claims that >>>> it bears seedpod. Again there is an image claiming to be seedpod of the >>>> same plant - >>>> http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=030702-0067&o=plants >>>> So, if it is not the *B. x blakeana* then my earlier post ( >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/bauhinia$20x$20blakeana/indiantreepix/2fer1UHmLTI/X2wqPw3W38kJ) >>>> should also be some other species, might be *B. variegata*." from >>>> Surjit ji. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30 January 2012 21:48, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Friends, >>>>> >>>>> Yesterday, I have had a short chat with Dinesh-ji (in the 'facebook' >>>>> group 'Indian Flora') over the identification of this Bauhinia sp. He >>>>> identified it as *Bauhinia x blakeana* or the 'Hong Kong Orchid Tree'. >>>>> Dinesh-ji also provided me links (given below) of the two earlier >>>>> 'efloraofindia' posts where Garg Sir and Gurcharan Sir discussed the >>>>> identity of this plant. >>>>> >>>>> Today, i took some more photos of the same plant that i attach >>>>> herewith. >>>>> >>>>> Species - Bauhinia x blakeana >>>>> >>>>> Date/Time- 30/01/2012 >>>>> Location- Nalikul (Hooghly District), West Bengal >>>>> Habitat- Garden >>>>> Plant Habit- Tree >>>>> Height- 40 ft. approx. >>>>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Double lobbed, heart shaped >>>>> Inflorescence Type/ Size- In long racemes >>>>> Flowers Colour- Rose-purple >>>>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- NA >>>>> Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- This plant >>>>> has been described as ".... a hybrid between Bauhinia variegata and >>>>> Bauhinia purpurea" (wikipedia) >>>>> >>>>> ID & Info help : I copied text from Wikipedia and earlier posts by >>>>> Gurucharan Sir and Garg Sir. >>>>> The links are - >>>>> 1) >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/XIp9z4j4Bwc/4EDa0bMJm5kJ >>>>> 2) >>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/x7RhxjRsuaU/L2qpvBI9SikJ >>>>> 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_blakeana >>>>> 4) http://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/315289491845730/ >>>>> >>>>> Thank you and Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Surajit Koley >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >>>> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >>>> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand >>>> species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >>>> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): >>>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. 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