Hi Sir ji. Bauhinia blakeana has 6-8 fertile (total stamens 9-10) stamens kindly see from the link below. http://eol.org/pages/641500/overview
Regards Tanay On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Worth exploring further > Could not find any source where a species of Bauhinia has 6-8 fertile > stamens > > > > -- > 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 10:53 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji, the associated leaves are in the background ... they belong >> to different plant. >> This is because the branch was stretched to a suitable position. >> >> All these photos belong to the same plant. >> The original photos are cropped and attached. >> >> >> The count of stamens: >> >> 3128061459_460bd05c3e_o_CROPPED.jpg ... ... 8 >> 3128069191_19626c0e3e_o_CROPPED_1.jpg ... 7 >> 3128069191_19626c0e3e_o_CROPPED_2.jpg ... 6 >> >> >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Really interesting >>> 7-8 stamens are seen in the first photograph, where incidently the >>> associated leaves don;t appear to be Bauhinia >>> Second photograph with clear Bauhinia leaves has five stamens. >>> Perhaps Dineh ji can explain better. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 9:15 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Very nice Dinesh ji. >>>> One thing I noticed here is the number of stamens. I can clearly count >>>> 8 anthers so the stamens must be 10 or so may be. Will have to check the >>>> references...... >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> *Bauhinia variegata * var. *candida* Voigt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - *baw-HIN-ee-uh* -- named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, physicians >>>>> and botanists >>>>> *var-ee-GAY-tuh* -- variegated >>>>> *KAN-did-uh* or *kan-DEE-duh* -- white, glittering >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: Bauhinia variegata var. >>>>> candida]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128061459%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze2uqblnevadkbHRF6u-vOxdpxtfw> >>>>> Dec 20, 2008 ... at Shirgaon near Chiplun, Maharashtra >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *commonly known as*: Buddhist bauhinia, white bauhinia, white >>>>> butterfly tree, white mountain ebony, white orchid tree • *Hindi*: >>>>> कर्बुदार karbudar, सफ़ेद कचनार safed kachnar • *Manipuri*: চিঙথ্ৰাও >>>>> অঙৌবা chingthrao angauba • *Sanskrit*: कर्बुदार karbudar >>>>> >>>>> *Native to*: most probably, tropical Asia >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *more views*: >>>>> >>>>> - Dec 20, 2008 ... at Shirgaon near Chiplun, Maharashtra >>>>> [image: Safed Kachnar (Hindi: सफ़ेद >>>>> कचनार)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128069191%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdKc2EdHCl6TbKpmiLdwHtV45qORw> >>>>> [image: >>>>> Chingthrao Angauba (Manipuri: চিঙথ্ৰাও >>>>> অঙৌবা)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128893564%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeFVbKb_QSVfvtQWBFjGGssv-625g> >>>>> [image: >>>>> White Variegated Orchid >>>>> tree]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128906766%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeBhEqK8euXFllFqWl9Y44MIS2K9g> >>>>> [image: >>>>> White Mountain >>>>> Ebony]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128902756%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcqbOU2Qck7datLEvJK0oTuk471pw> >>>>> [image: >>>>> Karbudar (Sanskrit: >>>>> कर्बुदार)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3128082165%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf4vE0AxawUxRnT90cizefPfFlVWg> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> Dinesh >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
