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Orchid tree I was so fascinated with the orchid tree, the more I walked my neighborhood, the more I found this beautiful trees around. I couldn't help but take a picture.  Geotagged,Phanera variegata,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Orchid tree

I was so fascinated with the orchid tree, the more I walked my neighborhood, the more I found this beautiful trees around. I couldn't help but take a picture.

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''Phanera variegata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, from southern China, Burma, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Common names include orchid tree, camel's foot tree, kachnar and mountain-ebony. It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 10–12 metres tall, deciduous in the dry season. The leaves are 10–20 centimetres long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the base and apex. The flowers are conspicuous, bright pink or.. more

Similar species: Fabales
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Estefania Nichols

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Uploaded Jan 12, 2015. Captured Dec 29, 2014 16:41 in 6235 Northwest 53rd Circle, Coral Springs, FL 33067, USA.
  • iPhone 6
  • f/2.2
  • 1/60s
  • ISO32
  • 4.15mm