Red Orchid Bush (Bauhinia galpinii) cultivated on the James Cook University Campus, Stuart, near Townsville, Queensland. Photographed on 5 April 1973.Native to USA and Mexico.Digitised from a slide. www.inaturalist.org/observations/55542868
Red Orchid Bush (Bauhinia galpinii) cultivated on the James Cook University Campus, Stuart, near Townsville, Queensland. Photographed on 5 April 1973.Native to USA and Mexico.Digitised from a slide. www.inaturalist.org/observations/55542868
Bauhinia galpinii - common garden plant in Australian tropical garden. Usually it grows as spreading shrub.The colour of the flowers normally salmon red.Native to South Africa.Common name: 'Pride of De Kaap' - I think it means Pride of the Cape of Good Hope' (De Kaap = the Cape in Dutch), " a "Other common names: Red Orchid Tree, Red Bauhinia, Nasturtium Bauhinia, African Plume.
Species: Bauhinia galpinii N.E.Br. Date: 2013-04-23 Location: Near Nhagutua Ranger Post, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma. Habitat: Margin of tall Brachystegia woodland.