Great collection of Bauhinea Gurcharan ji Thanks for sharing On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:27 AM, prasad dash <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 > -- Regards Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade
