The tree starts flowering when it is about two or three years old. Some of the most popular varieties include the Bauhinia purpurea and the Bauhinia blakeana or Hong Kong orchid tree.

• Bauhinia mexicana, or Mexican orchid tree, blooms nonstop, doesn't get too big and has a nice, full shape. It's drought-tolerant and attracts butterflies, especially swallowtails.

The Hong Kong orchid tree, Bauhinia x blakeana, whose flower appears on the Hong Kong flag, is also popular here. At first looks similar to the purple orchid tree, but it is smaller in stature ...

April 25 is International DNA Day, and it marks the completion of a decade-long project to sequence the DNA of Hong Kong's floral emblem, the Hong Kong Orchid Tree Bauhinia x blakeana Dunn.

There are some 200 species of Bauhinia, the genus of showy flowering trees and shrubs commonly known as orchid tree and named for the 16th-and-17th-century Swiss botanist brothers Bauhin. Perhaps ...

ANSWER: It will likely be a number of years before the orchid tree (Bauhinia) is mature enough to bloom. Planting it in the ground has freed the tree's roots from the confines of the container.

Q. I have a beautiful orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea) with dark red blooms. Do I propagate it by air layering? J.G., Bellaire A. You can propagate from seed. Collect the pods as they're about to ...

Bauhinia purpurea is commonly called the Orchid tree or Butterfly tree. Here in Guyana and the Caribbean it is also known as Poor man orchid. This small to medium-sized tree is a member of the ...

A: According to the University of Texas at El Paso Chihuahuan Desert Plants database, Bauhinia lunarioides (Anacacho orchid tree) is hardy down to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature on Jan. 9 ...

SAN ANTONIO — A rare orchid tree, native to only certain parts of Texas, was seen blooming an unusual color at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Bauhinia lunarioides, commonly referred to as ...