Is that pinkish colour of the petioles and the pink tinge of the new leaf normally a feature of B.x blakeana?
I have never seen this. regards, Radha On 28 December 2012 20:51, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some relevant feedback from another thread > https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topicsearchin/indiantreepix/Bauhinia$20AND$20krugii/indiantreepix/lS9FmkgGfOE > : > > "I too think the tree label is wrong as 3 long and 2 short stamens are > clearly seen.* All features point to B. x blakeana, but I think the pod > shown by Raman ji in another thread needs to be closely checked. The pod > does not look like any of the two parental species or other species of > Bauhinia. It may well belong to another tree, or perhaps a climber.* > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh" > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: raman <raman_arunacha...@yahoo.com> > Date: 30 January 2012 14:55 > Subject: [efloraofindia:105729] Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore - Bauhinia x > blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree (Please Confirm) > To: indiantreepix@googlegroups.com > > > 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 > '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. 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 (more than 2015 members & > 1,39,500 messages on 30/11/12) or Efloraofindia website: > 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'. > --
