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Barenakedtx Houston, TX Jul 17, 2007

This is the bloom on the unidentified tree, it tags along with my previous thread. If anyone can help me, I would very much appriciate it.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2007

Some sort of Bauhinia

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Barenakedtx Houston, TX Jul 17, 2007

I thought that too, but people are really thrown off by the thorns.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2007

There's no doubt in my mind that it's a Bauhinia, I'm not sure which one but I am 100% positive it's a Bauhinia.

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Barenakedtx Houston, TX Jul 17, 2007

I believe it too. I'm still searching though. I've talked to several plant "experts?" and they tell me it's an orchid of some sort. But I just didn't believe that, so I searched online nurseries and found the Bauhinia. I was amazed to see an exact likeness. BUT...I called the online nursery and they insisted that it did not have thorns. I'm gonna call it a Bauhinia anyway, LOL. Thanks for the help! I needed the second opinion.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 17, 2007

I have no idea where the thread was, but I seem to remember a discussion a while back about Bauhinias and some of them do have thorns. I'd never noticed thorns on the ones I have, but some of them apparently do have them. Of course I can't remember which ones! The people who are telling you it's an orchid are probably thinking of its common name "Orchid Tree"

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Barenakedtx Houston, TX Jul 17, 2007

Yep...It's a Bauhinia spp. also know as an "orchid tree". Thanks once again

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Barenakedtx Houston, TX Jul 17, 2007

I've also found another web page that shows a picture of the "exact" tree in my yard, and they are not common. Bauhinia rufescens

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KTsGarden Ocean County, NJ(Zone 7a) Jul 20, 2007

http://www.floweringtreesociety.org/Bauhinia_index.htm

I SAW YOUR PIC AND HAD TO RESEARCH THIS BEAUTIFUL TREE! HERE IS A GREAT LINK TO LOTS OF PICS OF ALL TYPES OF BAUHUNIAS!
ENJOY!!!

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