Radha ji, Thanks for your feedback. Hoping to find the correct id soon. Regards, Aarti
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 6:51 AM, radha veach <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > --
