Bauhinia krugii is a synonym of B. monandra. Although the flowers look similar the leaves appear quite different. It is a distinct species from the one discussed here.
best wishes, Radha On 22 December 2012 09:04, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > 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'. >>> >> > --
