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Blake's Bauhinia/Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Bauhinia blakeana
-21.5953, -46.8873
Field Notes
Description:
This tree was discovered in around 1880, by a French Catholic Missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions (MEP), near the ruins of a house on above the shore-line of western Hong Kong island near Pok Fu Lam and propagated to the formal botanical gardens in Victoria/Central.
Habitat:
I found this specimen in a region of transition between the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest.
Notes:
The "Bauhinia blakeana" was chosen as the national emblem of Hong Kong, for Urban Council in 1965. Since 1997, the stylized flower appears on the coat of arms of Hong Kong and their currencies.
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 18, 2013
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