It's true that this tree is sterile but very rarely I have observed one or two fruit being produced.
best Radha On Friday, December 21, 2012 11:29:41 AM UTC+5:30, JM Garg wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Hi, Raman ji, > Pl. check as this plant does not set seed being sterile. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: raman <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 30 January 2012 14:55 > Subject: [efloraofindia:105729] Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore - Bauhinia x > blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree (Please Confirm) > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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 2015 members & > 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > --
