Orchid Tree (Bauhinia monandra)

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Chamma Tennille, GA(Zone 8b) Dec 19, 2002

Common name: Orchid Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Bauhinia
Species monandra

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/53511/

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 19, 2002

This doesn't look like Bauhinia :/

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Chamma Tennille, GA(Zone 8b) Dec 19, 2002

Evert, what does it look like?

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 19, 2002

http://www.exot-nutz-zier.de/images/prod_images/Bauhinia_monandra_card.jpg

Compare the leaves

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Chamma Tennille, GA(Zone 8b) Dec 19, 2002

no the leaves don't look the same
but what do you think it could be?
all the nurseries here call it a bauhinia tree!

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Chamma Tennille, GA(Zone 8b) Dec 19, 2002

there are as many as 300 species of bauhinia trees, shrubs and vines.

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Dec 19, 2002

Yeah there are but what I know, all of them have leaves like in the picture I posted a link to.

Maybe I am wrong, and it is a Bauhinia. But at least it isn't B. monarda. The flowers look like some plant belonging to Bignoniaceae. Could you post the pic to ID forum? http://davesgarden.com/f/plantid/

Feel free to post any other photos of plants you are unsure of there too.

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njoynit Woodville, TX Jan 02, 2003

I have some seeds for this in both a pink& a white.any certian way they should be started?was going to grow in large planter about wine barrel size.

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Evert Helsinki, Finland(Zone 4b) Jan 02, 2003

Soak the seeds in warm water for 24 hours, then plant 1,5 cm deep. Sprouts (and grows) fast.

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