Feedback from another thread https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/WUz7SIl0pt0 :
"Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact that *B.* *blakeana* is a sterile plant. I also read, in January, about the sterile flowers of *B. blakeana* in wikipedia and other websites. But there is a discussion at - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53664/where someone claims that it bears seedpod. Again there is an image claiming to be seedpod of the same plant - http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=030702-0067&o=plants So, if it is not the *B. x blakeana* then my earlier post ( https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/indiantreepix/bauhinia$20x$20blakeana/indiantreepix/2fer1UHmLTI/X2wqPw3W38kJ) should also be some other species, might be *B. variegata*." from Surjit ji. On 30 January 2012 21:48, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Friends, > > Yesterday, I have had a short chat with Dinesh-ji (in the 'facebook' group > 'Indian Flora') over the identification of this Bauhinia sp. He identified > it as *Bauhinia x blakeana* or the 'Hong Kong Orchid Tree'. Dinesh-ji also > provided me links (given below) of the two earlier 'efloraofindia' posts > where Garg Sir and Gurcharan Sir discussed the identity of this plant. > > Today, i took some more photos of the same plant that i attach herewith. > > Species - Bauhinia x blakeana > > Date/Time- 30/01/2012 > Location- Nalikul (Hooghly District), West Bengal > Habitat- Garden > Plant Habit- Tree > Height- 40 ft. approx. > Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Double lobbed, heart shaped > Inflorescence Type/ Size- In long racemes > Flowers Colour- Rose-purple > Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- NA > Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- This plant has > been described as ".... a hybrid between Bauhinia variegata and Bauhinia > purpurea" (wikipedia) > > ID & Info help : I copied text from Wikipedia and earlier posts by > Gurucharan Sir and Garg Sir. > The links are - > 1) > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/XIp9z4j4Bwc/4EDa0bMJm5kJ > 2) > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!searchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20blakeana/indiantreepix/x7RhxjRsuaU/L2qpvBI9SikJ > 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_blakeana > 4) http://www.facebook.com/groups/indianflora/315289491845730/ > > Thank you and Regards, > > Surajit Koley > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
