Although it likes regular watering, it should not be overwatered. Each year, the orchid tree blossoms with showy masses of large, sweetly scented, 5-inch-wide purple, pink, magenta, white or lavender blooms, each delicately resembling an orchid.

These are very fast growing trees that can grow up to 24 inches in height in a year. It's crucial to prune them in the first few years to ensure strong structure as they grow.

I have a beautiful orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea) with dark red blooms. Do I propagate it by air layering? A. You can propagate from seed.

It is a hardy and fast growing tree and produces spectacular flowers of magenta, mauve, pink or white hues with crimson marking during the flowering season that usually occurs in winter. ... Flowering is followed by the formation of seed pods that ripe in summer and then burst to spread seeds. The seeds are poisonous.. . . . .364011233609!]0000000000000009783314146580!]