Bauhinia variegata also usually has 5 stamens. Here is the comparison from one of my earlier posts
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana$20Gurcharan$20Singh/indiantreepix/soch-bqVrwc/eDMsYrzJOVoJ B. blakeana B. purpurea B. variegata Early flowering, Nov-Dec. in Delhi Early flowering Oct-Nov. in Delhi Late flowering, Feb-March in Delhi Leaves 15-20 cm across, cleft 14-1/3 Leaves 10-15 cm across, cleft 1/2 Leaves 10-15 cm across, cleft 1/3 Fls. in long racemes Fls. in short racemes Fls. in short racemes Flowers 12-15 cm across, appear with leaves Flowers 10-12 cm across, with leaves Flowers 10-12 cm across, after leaves fall Petals broad, overlapping, Petals narrow, non-overlapping Petals broad, overlapping Petals rose-purple, veins whitish Petals pink, whitish in centre Petals white with purplish veins, upper darker Stamens 5 Stamens 3 Stamens 5 Pod not produced Pod 12-25 cm long, 2-2.5 cm thick Pod 15-25 cm long, 1.5-2 cm thick -- 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/ 2011/12/2 Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> > Thank you Shrikant ji for the details. Actually when I saw this post the > flower color also struck me as different it looks purple pink. I had > posted Bauhinia purpurea sometime back and the flower color was > conspicious pink. Is this true or it is due to light conditions when we > take the photograph. I did not no the important difference in number of > stamens then Thank you. Attaching picture of flower of my plant > > > 2011/12/2 shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> > >> Rahul, sorry for a mix up of pictures on page 257. Picture wrongly >> placed here is actually B. blakeana which has 5 stamens. B. purpurea >> has 3 stamens. B. monadra has 1 and B. variegata has 7 stamens. Plant >> in this post is B. blakeana. Regards, >> >> On Dec 2, 10:59 am, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Very nice closeup Rahul Ji >> > Thanks for sharing >> > Tanay >> > >> > 2011/12/1 Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Very nice and crisp flowers Rahul ji. >> > > Observing your post after a long time. >> > >> > > 2011/12/2 Rahul Natu <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> कांचन ( Bauhinia purpurea ) clicked in Badlapur. >> > >> > >> ID source Ref : >> > >> Further Flowers of Sahyadris by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> > >> Page # 257 >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> Regards, >> > >> - Rahul Natu >> > >> RIM # 93225-97788 >> > >> Badlapur ( Near Mumbai ) >> > >> > >>http://picasaweb.google.com/rahulnatu >> > >> > > -- >> > > Dr Satish Phadke >> > >> > -- >> > *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 (Mobile) >> > 604-822-2019 (Lab) >> > 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> > [email protected] >> > *Webpages:* >> http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.htmlhttps://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/-Hide >> quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> > > > > -- > Regards > Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade >
