Garg ji and Bimal ji, This appears to be Bauhinia x blakeana to me. If I am not mistaken, I can see the characteristic black margins and centre spot black, on one of the petals in the top left flower.
regards, Rashida. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:09 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Bimal ji, > It's definitely not Bauhinia purpurea. > > On 23 March 2011 10:01, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A reply: >> "Dear Dr Garg, >> I have gone through literature by different authors >> and consulted webs on the species.The confusion can be between Bauhinia >> variegata and Bauhinia Purpurea.I still feel it is Bauhinia Purpurea.Please >> enlighten me.Thanks. >> >> Regards >> Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar >> Mobile: 9434194942" >> >> On 22 March 2011 17:51, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Bimal ji, >>> I think this is some other species of Bauhinia & not Bauhinia purpurea. >>> >>> Pl. see Efloraofindia site links: >>> >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/f/fabaceae/bauhinia/bauhinia-variegata >>> >>> >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/f/fabaceae/bauhinia/bauhinia-x-blakeana >>> >>> >>> On 17 March 2011 11:12, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Forwarding pl. >>>> >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Col Bimal Sarkar <[email protected]> >>>> Date: 11 March 2011 19:19 >>>> Subject: HOOPOE >>>> To: >>>> >>>> >>>> Dear Friend, >>>> Few years back I read a Middle in The Times of India,where >>>> the author was narrating his observation about a Woodpecker.From his >>>> description I could make out that he was talking about a Hoopoe.This mis >>>> conception about Hoopoe is not restricted to the city folks.I have asked >>>> about the identity of this bird from the villagers,they also think that the >>>> bird is Woodpecker.Attaching an image of this bird.I am also attaching an >>>> image of Bauhinia Purpurea ( Deva Kanchan ).Once in bloom.none can miss >>>> this >>>> tree.Wish you happiness. >>>> Regards >>>> Col (Retd) Bimal Sarkar >>>> Mobile: 9434194942 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >>>> 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. You can also use >>>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >>>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & >>>> 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on >>>> 15/12/10) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> With regards, >>> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >>> 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. You can also use >>> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >>> please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or >>> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & >>> 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on >>> 15/12/10) >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected]) >> 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. You can also use >> them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or >> https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & >> 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on >> 15/12/10) >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > 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. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix or > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (more than 1550 members & > 64,000 messages on 28/2/11 & with a database of around 4500 species on > 15/12/10) > >
