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(Entry)
Orchid tree
14 September 2026
Bauhinia variegata
94% certain
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Origin
- South and Southeast Asia
- Bloom season
- Late winter to spring
- Colors
- pink, purple, white
- Habitat
- Tropical avenues, parks, and dry-season hillsides
- Symbolism
- A rare kind of beauty, and Hong Kong's emblem
A tree with two-lobed leaves and large, orchid-like pea flowers that open on bare or half-leaved branches.
Care. Plant in full sun with good drainage; it flowers best where winters are mild and dry.
A note. Hong Kong's flag carries a stylized Bauhinia blossom, five petals around a star.
Or perhaps
- Cattleya — 5%
- Orchid — 3%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- Sep 14, 2026, 5:29 PM
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 9mm f/2.8
- Focal length
- 9mm
- Aperture
- f/2.8
- Shutter
- 1/46s
- ISO
- 640
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
23.6393° S, 46.6214° W
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