Radha ji, Thank you for your reply and feedback. I think my pictures are also of the same tree in Lalbagh that is discussed here. I will resurface my post for you to see. Regards, Aarti
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 10:04 AM, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: > 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'. >>>> >>> >> > --
