Bauhinia variegata ?;
Today, i took some more photos of the same plant that i attach herewith. Species - Bauhinia x blakeana Date/Time- 30/01/2012 Location- Nalikul (Hooghly District), West Bengal Habitat- Garden Plant Habit- Tree Height- 40 ft. approx. Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Double lobbed, heart shaped Inflorescence Type/ Size- In long racemes Flowers Colour- Rose-purple Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- NA Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- This plant has been described as ".... a hybrid between Bauhinia variegata and Bauhinia purpurea" (wikipedia) ID & Info help : I copied text from Wikipedia and earlier posts by .... The links are - 1) efi thread 1 2) efi thread 2 Feedback from another thread: "Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact that B. blakeana is a sterile plant. I also read, in January, about the sterile flowers of B. blakeana in wikipedia and other websites. But there is a discussion at - http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53664/ where someone claims that it bears seedpod. Again there is an image claiming to be seedpod of the same plant - http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=030702-0067&o=plants So, if it is not the B. x blakeana then my earlier post should also be some other species, might be B. variegata." I think now that this is NOT Bauhinia blakeana. Because, later i witnessed seedpod growing on this tree and i uploaded the same in another post. I confirm hereby that images from both of my posts were recorded from the same tree. A relevant document is here - http://www.amjbot.org/content/92/3/525.full |
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