Anacacho Orchid Tree
Bauhinia lunarioides
Anacacho orchid tree is a graceful multi-trunked Texas shrub with split butterfly-shaped leaves and clusters of white-to-pink orchid-like flowers in spring. Drought-tough and elegant.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–10 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- TX