Wow that is great. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here it is Satish ji > Young flowers with spathaceous calyx > > -- > 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/ > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Gurcharan ji for the upload with information. >> Calyx spathaceous....is an important character which is lacking in most >> of our pictures. I will check from my photos whether I have it. >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Bauhinia acuminata L., Sp. pl. 1:375. 1753 >>> >>> Common name: *dwarf white bauhinia* >>> >>> Shrub up to 4 m tall; leaves simple, ovate or subrotund, up to 20 cm >>> long, lobed up to 1/3, lobes acute to acuminate; flowers white, 8-10 cm >>> across, in short lateral racemes; bract 4-8 mm long; pedicel up to 2 cm >>> long with 2 about 3 mm long bracteoles slightly below the middle; calyx >>> spathaceous, 25-30 mm long; petals lanceolate to ovate, 4-6 cm long; >>> stamens 10, fertile; pod 8-14 cm long. >>> >>> Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > > > > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
