Great Catch and very very nice and informative details sir Ji. Regards
prasad On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sir for Sharing pics and detailed characters of Bauhinea > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bauhinea x blakeana Dunn, J. Bot. 46:325. 1908 > > > > Common name: Hong Kong orchidtree > > > > A possible hybrid B. variegata × B. purpurea > > > > Evergreen tree up to 13 m tall, leaves 8-10 cm long, 12-18 cm broad, > cleft > > 1/4-1/3; flowers 12-15 cm across, fragrant, in long racemes, appearing > with > > leaves; petals broad, overlapping, obovate or elliptic, rose-purple with > > whitish veins; stamens 5; pod not produced. > > > > Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi on December 1 > > > > The closely similar species can be separated as under: > > > > > > 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 12-18 cm across, cleft 1/4-1/3 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/ > > > > > > -- > Regards > > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > -- Prasad Kumar Dash Ecologist, Orissa, India email: [email protected] ph. 09437444241
