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Botanical Name: Bauhinia blakeana
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Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Common Name: Hong Kong orchid
Etymology - Genus: Named for Gaspard and Jean Bauhin, 16th century physicians and botanists.
Etymology - Species: This species of Bauhinia was named for Sir Henry Blake, governor of Hong Kong at the turn of the 20th century, and a strong supporter of botany
Ecosystem: Evergreen
Origin: Foreign
Location: Pune
Description: Mid size tree with smooth gray bark. This species is thought to be a cross between B variegate and B purpurea. This species is sterile and does not bare pods.Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.Palm size bilobed leaf. Width and length almost same.Large size flowers occur in magenta, lavender colour.Sepals are fused, appearing as single large sepal forming a bud. 5 broad petals with slim base, very bright innermost petal. It has 10 stamens, 5 long protruding out and other 5 small and mostly sterile, distinctive feature from B variegata.This species never fruits.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
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Root type: Taproot-Woody hard
Stem Appearance: Tree
Stem Cross Section: Circular
Stem Texture: Smooth gray bark
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Mid size tree with smooth gray bark. This species is thought to be a cross between B variegate and B purpurea. This species is sterile and does not bare pods.
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Exstipulate
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf, alternate-spiral.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Bilobed
Lamina Bases: Cordate
Lamina Margins: Entire
Lamina Apices: Emerginate
Lamina Texture: Glabrous
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Palm size bilobed leaf. Width and length almost same.
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Single Flower
Bract:
Inflorescence Description:
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Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Complete
Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Hypogynous
Aestivation: Imbricate
Flower Description: Large size flowers occur in magenta, lavender colour.
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Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Zygomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance: Caducous
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement:
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther: Dorsifixed
Androecium Length of filament: Variable length
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 10
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels:
Floral Parts Description: Sepals are fused, appearing as single large sepal forming a bud. 5 broad petals with slim base, very bright innermost petal. It has 10 stamens, 5 long protruding out and other 5 small and mostly sterile, distinctive feature from B variegata.
Fruit type: na
Fruit type Description: This species never fruits.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
Germination type: -
Dispersion Method: -
Preprocessing for germination: -
Germination time: -
Seed shelf life: -
Germination %: -
Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.
