Bauhinia madagascariensis

[Peter]

First flowers

 

[Hillizard]

49 minutes ago, Peter said:

First flowers

 

Congrats on the first flowering Peter! The blooms on B. madagascariensis look very similar to B. grevei , but the leaves on the species you're growing are longer and wider.

[Tracy]

1 hour ago, Peter said:

First flowers

Interesting flower but those deeply divided leaves are unique looking.  I'm only familiar with a few of the more common Bauhinia's so this is a new one for me.  Is this species one that grows more like a shrub or will it eventually turn into a tree?

[Peter]

I believe it will be shrubby, or at the very most, a small tree.  Here's the parent plant growing at a friend's house in South Florida:

[DoomsDave]

Bauhinias are a world wide genus with beautiful plants. Pictured below is a Bauhinia galpinii that volunteered in my garden from the seed of a specimen on my slope.

 

 

[Matt N- Dallas]

B. Madagascariensis is growing well in Harlingen, TX

[metalfan]

I realize that this post is over a year old but wanted to ask....I have had my Bauhinia madagascarensis for 2 years. The first summer was unremarkable. But last summer it produced these patterned flowers. I know that this patterning is more common among other species but has anyone ever seen it in Madagascarensis? I had a lot of normally colored flowers, but then a nice number of these as well.