OK Sir Ji Tanay On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <tanaybos...@gmail.com> 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 <singh...@gmail.com>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 <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>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 <singh...@gmail.com>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 <drsmpha...@gmail.com>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 >>>>>> <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>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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