Bauhinia grandidieri Baill.; 
 
 


Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (Caesalpiniaceae)- Bauhinia grandidieri: This is the Blue Orchid Tree (really a shrub), Bauhinia grandidieri, a native of Madagascar, growing at Fullerton, CA, USA.
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The leaves are the smallest that I have seen for a Bauhinia … earlier smallest was B. hookeri … a pleasure to see.


  
 
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