*Bauhinia* blakeana or the Hong Kong Orchid Tree Tanay On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:28 PM, promila chaturvedi < thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Members, > I want to know which tree Bauhinia blooms in August in Northern Hemisphere. > Promila > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Yes Dinesh ji, some cultivar of B. purpurea. Narrow petals and 3 stamens >> are distinctive. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Retired 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 Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Kadus ji, ... *Bauhinia purpurea* ... commonly known as: butterfly tree, >>> orchid tree, purple bauhinia • Assamese: kurial, kanchan, og-yok • Bengali: >>> koiral, রক্তকাঞ্চন raktakanchana • Garo: megong • Gujarati: દેવકંચન >>> devkanchan • Hindi: कांचन kanchan, लाल कचनार lal kachnar, केवनार kevnar • >>> Kannada: devakanchan, kanjivala, kempu mandaara • Khasi: dieng long • >>> Malayalam: chovanna-mandaru, suvannamandaram • Manipuri: chingthao angangba >>> • Marathi: देवकांचन devakanchan, रक्तकांचन raktakanchan • Mizoram: vaube, >>> vaufavang • Oriya: vaube, borodo • Sanskrit: देवकांचन devakanchan, रक्तकांचन >>> raktakanchan, रक्तकोविदार raktakovidara • Tamil: மந்தாரை mandarai, >>> நீலத்திருவத்தி nilattiruvatti • Telugu: bodanta, దేవకాంచనము devakanjanamu, >>> kanchanam >>> >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, arvind kadus <agastiayur...@yahoo.co.in >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Bauhinia species.. >>>> In Pasarani Ghat towards mahabaleshwar, left side near the temple. >>>> There is no flowering I have seen on Bauhinias in other places, But this >>>> plant is full of flowers in middle of August. >>>> Flowers- White in colour having pink tinge. >>>> stamens 3 fertile. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant Department of Botany University of British Columbia 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036
