Thank you Gurcharan ji for this valuable detailed information 2011/12/2 Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>
> 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 >> > > > > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
