Dear Tanay I had gone through this already. It is confusing as it write Fertile stamens 6-8, Fertile stamens 5 (I think it should be stamens 6-8, fertile stamens 5).
Bauhinia blakeana is a sterile hybrid, and known trees in the world are clones of a single hybrid tree developed in Honkong, so we can't expect white variant in this species. -- 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 Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Tanay Bose <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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