This should be Bahinia purpurea only, as Dinesh said. Exactly 3
stamens and deeply ribbed buds (seen in the first picture) are
identifying features. Bauhinia x blakeana has 5 stamens.
Bauhinia variegata and Bauhinia purpurea are well separated in
blooming time. Bauhinia variegata blooms in spring, and Bauhinia
purpurea blooms in November-December in Delhi.
Bauhinia x blakeana is natural hybrid between Bauhinia purpurea and
Bauhinia variegata, so probably its blooming time is also in between.
In Delhi I have seen it blooming in January.
- Tabish
On Aug 20, 4:34 am, Kenneth Greby <[email protected]> wrote:
> In South Florida (USA), B. purpurea usually blooms late summer, into fall,
> hence its common name (here) as "Fall Orchid Tree". (B. purpurea will not grow
> in Southern California's Mediterranean climate.)
>
> In Southern California, B. x blakeana (Hong Kong Orchid Tree) may start
> blooming
> in August, extending into the fall months. Curiously, it is a spring bloomer
> in
> South Florida.
>
> Regards--
> Ken.
>
> ________________________________
> From: promila chaturvedi <[email protected]>
> To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> Cc: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>; arvind kadus
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 5:58:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:44833] ID Request For Bauhinia..
>
> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
> >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.
