Hi, I agree the flower looks like B. x blakeana, but I have never seen leaves like those in the pictures on that species. That pinkish tinge and the way the new leaves are folded is not seen in B x blakeana. That tree's new foliage is always a lightish green. Veins also look more prominent in your pics. IT is not easy to make a definite judgement based only on these images.
best regards Radha On 22 December 2012 19:56, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dinesh ji for the id and additional information. > I too think this should be Bauhinia blakeana. > So I suppose the name plate at Lalbagh is wrong. > There are some others too with wrong id, which need to be corrected in > Lalbagh, Bangalore. > Regards, > Aarti > > > On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... to me this flower looks very much like the Hong Kong orchid, *Bauhinia >> blakeana*. >> >> Have not yet seen *Bauhinia monandra* - the name suggests Bauhinia >> bearing one stamen ... though not sure monandra in this context implies one >> fertile and some infertile. >> >> ... photos at: >> http://www.virboga.de/Bauhinia_monandra.htm >> >> http://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/449-bauhinia-monandra... >> good description here. >> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Resurfacing my post as the tree under discussion seems to be the same. >>> Kindly confirm id. >>> Mahadeswara ji has already confirmed the name plate to be correct. >>> Aarti >>> >>> >>> Pictures taken in Lalbagh,Bangalore on 24/7/12. >>> Flower dark purple in color. >>> Sorry for the bad quality pictures due to cloudy weather. >>> Kindly validate. >>> Aarti >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > --
