Nice pictutres Raman Ji. BRS
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 2:55 PM, raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> wrote: > This tree is the official floral emblem of Hong Kong and it is widely > cultivated in tropical regions. It is thought to be an accidental hybrid > between B. purpurea and B. variegata. It was first discovered on the > seashore in Hong Kong in 1908 and named after Sir Henry Blake, Governor of > Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903. After the handing back of the colony to China, > a special award was created to replace the British Imperial honours. The > award is called the Grand Bauhinia Medal, or GBM for short. A small > evergreen tree to around 7m tall. The bilobed leaves are dark green and > shiny, with raised yellowish-green veins. Compared to other Bauhinias, the > leaves of this one are huge, six to eight inches. The large, orchid-like > flowers are rich magenta purple with paler veins, and the uppermost petal > is darker towards the base. Flowers appear from February to November, with > the peak flowering time in September to October. This bauhinia is sterile > and rarely produces the large flat seed pods seen on other species. > > Raman > -- B. Rathinasabapathy Project Co-ordinator Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park 1388, Avinashi Road Peelamedu Coimbatore-641004 <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
