Bauhinia blakeana blooms November- spring in our country. I may be wrong. They may be blooming in Summer as well.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:38 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > *Bauhinia* blakeana or the Hong Kong Orchid Tree > Tanay > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 6:28 PM, promila chaturvedi < > thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear Members, >> I want to know which tree Bauhinia blooms in August in Northern >> Hemisphere. >> Promila >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Yes Dinesh ji, some cultivar of B. purpurea. Narrow petals and 3 stamens >>> are distinctive. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Kadus ji, ... *Bauhinia purpurea* ... commonly known as: butterfly >>>> tree, orchid tree, purple bauhinia • Assamese: kurial, kanchan, og-yok • >>>> Bengali: koiral, রক্তকাঞ্চন raktakanchana • Garo: megong • Gujarati: >>>> દેવકંચન >>>> devkanchan • Hindi: कांचन kanchan, लाल कचनार lal kachnar, केवनार kevnar • >>>> Kannada: devakanchan, kanjivala, kempu mandaara • Khasi: dieng long • >>>> Malayalam: chovanna-mandaru, suvannamandaram • Manipuri: chingthao angangba >>>> • Marathi: देवकांचन devakanchan, रक्तकांचन raktakanchan • Mizoram: vaube, >>>> vaufavang • Oriya: vaube, borodo • Sanskrit: देवकांचन devakanchan, >>>> रक्तकांचन >>>> raktakanchan, रक्तकोविदार raktakovidara • Tamil: மந்தாரை mandarai, >>>> நீலத்திருவத்தி nilattiruvatti • Telugu: bodanta, దేవకాంచనము devakanjanamu, >>>> kanchanam >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 4:33 PM, arvind kadus < >>>> agastiayur...@yahoo.co.in> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Bauhinia species.. >>>>> In Pasarani Ghat towards mahabaleshwar, left side near the temple. >>>>> There is no flowering I have seen on Bauhinias in other places, But >>>>> this plant is full of flowers in middle of August. >>>>> Flowers- White in colour having pink tinge. >>>>> stamens 3 fertile. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > >
