Tanay-- I don't believe this to be B. bowkeri, a shrubby South African species with flowers that are rather larger than the smaller leaves. See attached. http://www.arkive.org/bauhinia/bauhinia-bowkeri/image-G69589.html
Regards-- Ken. ________________________________ From: tanay bose <[email protected]> To: arvind kadus <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>; mani nair <[email protected]>; Mayur Nandikar <[email protected]>; neil soares <[email protected]>; Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>; promila chaturvedi <[email protected]>; Vijaysankar <[email protected]>; dinesh valke <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, August 21, 2010 10:42:26 AM Subject: [efloraofindia:45073] Re: Another one for ID Bauhinia.. Is it Bauhinia bowkeri? Tanay On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM, arvind kadus <[email protected]> wrote: Dear All, >Here is another totally white Bauhinia in Bharati Vidyapeeth's Campus, >Dhankawdi, Pune.Pictures are taken just 3 hrs back. 3-4 flowers are seen on >the >plant. Plant is about 5-6 mtrs highted. There are limitations to take close >ups >with my camera. I tried best. We can see only two fertile stamens in this >picture. > >Thanks, >Dr. Kadus Arvind.Pune. > -- 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
