Hong Kong Orchid Tree. The hong kong orchid tree (bauhinia blakeana) is an evergreen tropical tree that makes for an excellent specimen tree when in bloom. And the litter problem created.
For more of my photographs taken in hong kong, and to read about my love of the place, please see this set. The hong kong orchid tree (bauhinia blakeana) is an evergreen tropical tree that makes for an excellent specimen tree when in bloom. I lived in hong kong for nearly thirty years so i have a sentimental attachment to bauhinia. It has large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers.
Closeup hong kong orchid flower or bauhinia with a green leave isolated on white.
Titled '2 murray road', the design reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a bauhinia bud about to blossom. My leaves are sparse and yellowing and the blossoms this. The weak wood, which is susceptible to breakage in storms; The deep magenta flowers of this tree bloom in the spring in phoenix.
