Bauhinia flower

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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Sep 1, 2010, 5:18:05 PM9/1/10

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Hi

sharing snaps of Bauhinia flower (Bengali: Kanchan) from my garden.

Lots of flowers are appearing everyday in this plant now.,,,and they are staying just for one day....and gradually shrivelling.

Pods can be seen in the second pic.

cheers!

Shantanu : )

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Pankaj Kumar

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Sep 1, 2010, 5:20:30 PM9/1/10

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Bauhinia acuminata !
Pankaj

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Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 1, 2010, 10:11:28 PM9/1/10

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Yes Bauhinia acuminata

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tanay bose

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Sep 2, 2010, 8:31:53 AM9/2/10

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Bauhinia acuminata indeed

Tanay

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promila chaturvedi

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Sep 2, 2010, 8:32:28 AM9/2/10

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Yes, it is Bauhinia acuminata.

Promila

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Dr. Arvind Kadus

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Sep 2, 2010, 9:51:52 AM9/2/10

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Yes, Bauhinia acuminata indeed ! I have posted photoes of the same
species earlier. Thanks for the sharing.
Dr.Kadus Arvind,Pune.

On Sep 2, 5:32 pm, promila chaturvedi

<thegardener.chaturv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, it is Bauhinia acuminata.
> Promila
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes Bauhinia acuminata
>
> > --
> > 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, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> Bauhinia acuminata !
> >> Pankaj
>

> >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <shnt...@gmail.com>

> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi
> >> > sharing snaps of Bauhinia flower (Bengali: Kanchan) from my garden.
> >> > Lots of flowers are appearing everyday in this plant now.,,,and they are
> >> > staying just for one day....and gradually shrivelling.
> >> > Pods can be seen in the second pic.
>
> >> > cheers!
> >> > Shantanu : )
>
> >> --
> >> ***********************************************
> >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!"
>
> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae)
> >> Research Associate
> >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project
> >> Department of Habitat Ecology
> >> Wildlife Institute of India
> >> Post Box # 18

> >> Dehradun - 248001, India- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Shantanu

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Sep 2, 2010, 1:40:37 PM9/2/10

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Thanks a lot to all of you for mentioning the species name of the
Bauhinia.

Happy Janmaashthami.
Shantanu : )

On Sep 2, 6:51 pm, "Dr. Arvind Kadus" <agastiayur...@yahoo.co.in>
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