Bauhinia trees — commonly called orchid trees for their flowers or butterfly trees for their leaves — belong to a genus of more than 300 species of flowering plants including trees, vines and ...

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 ...

• 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. • ...

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.

A Bauhinia plant, also know as an orchid tree. (LSU AgCenter photo) QUESTION: I have an orchid tree seedling I got from a garden in the Garden District years ago. It was planted in a pot for two ...

The following are among the suggestions I have received: carrotwood, camphor, crape myrtle, Himalayan Champaca, western redbud, orchid Bauhinia, and Albizia julibrissin.” — Melissa Goldberg ...

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.

Bauhinia lunarioides, commonly referred to as "Anacacho Orchid Tree" was first planted in the SABG in December of 2023; now going into its second full-year term.