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Bauhinia purpurea is a small to medium-size deciduous tree growing to 5.2 metres (17 ft) tall. The leaves are alternate, 10–20 centimetres (4–8 in) long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, pink, and fragrant, with five petals.
Platanthera purpurascens, the purple petal bog orchid, is a terrestrial orchid of North America. [1] Description ... occurring in Arizona, California, Colorado, New ...
Orchis mascula is a perennial herbaceous plant with stems up to 50–60 centimetres (20–24 in) high, green at the base and purple on the apex. The root system consists of two tubers, rounded or ellipsoid. The leaves, grouped at the base of the stem, are oblong-lanceolate, pale green, sometimes with brownish-purple speckles.
This is a list of genera in the orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to The Families of Flowering Plants - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.This list is adapted regularly with the changes published in the Orchid Research Newsletter which is published twice a year by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The sepals and upper petals are violaceous or purple (hence the Latin name purpurea of the species). The flower's labellum is pale pink or white, with a center spotted by clusters of violaceous or purple hairs. It is divided into three lobes; the outer two are small and narrow, and the inner is large, rounded, and heart-shaped.
Bauhinia: orchid trees; Bauhinia purpurea: purple orchid tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Bauhinia variegata: pink orchid tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Caesalpinia: bird-of-paradise trees; Caesalpinia echinata: pau ferro; brazilwood; pau-brasil; pau de Pernambuco; ibirapitanga Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Caesalpinia mexicana
Platanthera peramoena, the purple fringeless orchid, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family. It is native to the Eastern United States, where it is found from the Mid-Atlantic states, the Ohio Valley and the Ozark Mountains. [1] Its natural habitat is moist forests, marshes, and on streambanks. [3]
Bauhinia trees typically reach a height of 6–12 m and their branches spread 3–6 m outwards. The lobed leaves usually are 10–15 cm across. The five-petaled flowers are 7.5–12.5 cm diameter, generally in shades of red, pink, purple, orange, or yellow, and are often fragrant.