Radha ji, Raman ji, Is this the same Bauhinia which has a name plate as ' Bauhinia krugii urban in Lalbagh I have posted earlier? Kindly confirm. Regards, Aarti
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 1:21 PM, radhaveach <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> >> 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] >> >> >> 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<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<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<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/<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'. >> > --
