Bauhinia hookeri SEEDS

Bauhinia hookeri seeds grow into an Australian Bauhinia a deciduous shrub or small tree native to north-eastern Queensland and adjacent areas of Australia, NOT Vietnam or Asia as sometimes described. Named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (18171911), one of the greatest botanists in history, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Darwin’s closest friend, and described by the Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. This Australian orchid tree produces the characteristic large white to pale pink orchid-like flowers of the genus and the distinctive bilobed butterfly leaves. Family Fabaceae.

Full sun; warm tropical conditions; well-drained soils in north-eastern Queensland habitat; frost-tender.

• Large white to pale pink orchid-like flowers; bilobed butterfly leaves
• NE. Queensland, Australia NOT Vietnam or SE Asia as sometimes erroneously described
• Named after Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (18171911), Director of Kew; described by F. von Mueller
• Deciduous shrub or small tree; frost-tender tropical conditions
• Full sun; warm tropical; well-drained soils; Family Fabaceae

Bauhinia hookeri is a genuine Australian Bauhinia honouring one of the greatest botanists in history, this Queensland orchid tree brings the butterfly-leaf elegance of the Bauhinia genus to the Australian tropical flora, a long way from the erroneously attributed Vietnamese provenance.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.