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Caesalpinia mexicana - Mexican Bird of Paradise
🌞 The sunny show-off hummingbirds love
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- 🌞 Caesalpinia mexicana - Mexican Bird of Paradise - the sunny show-off you didn't know you needed. Many gardeners have popular and more common common Bird of Paradise Caesalpinia pulcherrima, with red flowers, but this one is rare in gardens.
- 🌞 While most Bird of Paradise plants rely on looks alone, this one ups the game with fragrant blooms. From spring through summer, it's covered in butter-yellow flowers that stand out against soft, feathery foliage. Hummingbirds love it, and when the blooms fade, it makes woody seed pods that snap open like nature's fireworks.
- 🌞 It's native to northern Mexico, which means it handles heat, sun, and dry conditions without a fuss. You can grow it as a compact shrub or let it stretch into a small tree. Either way, it’s easygoing, low-maintenance, and beautiful all season.
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Cnidoscolus aconitifolius variegatus - Variegated Chaya, Maya Spinach Tree
Vanilla Bean Orchid - Vanilla planifolia
⭐️ Climbing 10 feet… for Vanilla Beans!
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📱How to produce your own vanilla: secrets of hand-pollination.
🛒 Climb toward your own beans
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- ⚡️ One of our Vanilla Bean Orchids at TopTropicals has big ambitions - it's already climbed 10 feet up a pine tree! We’re waiting (impatiently!) for those elegant yellow-green flowers, which will hopefully turn into vanilla beans.
- ⚡️ Vanilla Bean Orchid (Vanilla planifolia) is the plant behind that sweet, comforting vanilla flavor we all love. It starts off like any potted orchid, but soon sends out aerial roots and becomes a climber, wrapping itself around trees or trellises. In its natural habitat, it grows high into forest canopies, but in the garden it will happily scale any sturdy support you give it.
- ⚡️ Once established, it flowers and sets the long green pods we call vanilla beans. Growing your own is a lesson in patience - from flower to dried bean can take month - but nothing beats harvesting your own vanilla for the kitchen.
📚 Learn more:
- ▫️How to properly plant Vanilla Orchid
- ▫️How to grow your own vanilla orchid at home
- ▫️The Secret of how to Make Vanilla Orchid bloom
- ▫️The biggest in the world Vanilla dilloniana
📱How to produce your own vanilla: secrets of hand-pollination.
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🌸 Bauhinias – Orchid Trees for Every Garden
🌳 Large Yard – Shade Trees
B. alba – White Orchid Tree
- Pure white blooms, most cold-tolerant orchid tree
- Bloom: Late fall to spring
- Size: 20–30 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9a–11
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| 2035 Bauhinia alba (candida), White orchid tree |
Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $49.95  |
B. blakeana – Hong Kong Orchid Tree
- Purple-magenta flowers, long bloom season
- Bloom: Late fall to early spring
- Size: 20–35 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 1310 Bauhinia blakeana, Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Grafted |
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Grown in 10"/3 gal pot, grafted $49.95 |
B. purpurea – Purple Orchid Tree
- Compact canopy, vivid purple flowers
- Bloom: Summer to fall
- Size: 15–25 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 1024 Bauhinia purpurea, Purple Orchid Tree |
Grown in 6"/1 gal pot $29.95 |
B. variegata – Pink Butterfly Orchid Tree
- Pink petals with darker butterfly-like markings
- Bloom: Winter to early spring
- Size: 20–30 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 2728 Bauhinia variegata, Pink Butterfly Orchid Tree |
Grown in 6"/1 gal or larger pot $49.95
Sale $29.95 |
Small Garden or Container
B. madagascariensis – Red Butterfly Orchid Tree
- Bright red flowers, great for container
- Bloom: Summer into fall
- Size: 6-12 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 6061 Bauhinia madagascariensis, Red Butterfly Orchid Tree |
Grown in
10"/3 gal pot $49.95 |
B. tomentosa – Yellow Orchid Tree
- Sunny yellow bells, soft foliage
- Bloom: Warm months
- Size: 6-10 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 1025 Bauhinia tomentosa, Yellow Orchid Tree |
Grown
in 6"/1 gal or larger pot $49.95 |
B. monandra – Napoleon's Plume Orchid Tree
- Pink with speckled petals
- Bloom: Summer to fall
- Size: 6-12 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 10–11
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| 1368 Bauhinia monandra, Napoleons Plume Orchid Tree |
Grown in 10'/3 GAL POT $49.95 |
B. acuminata – Dwarf White Orchid Tree
- Crisp white blooms, small plant
- Bloom: Summer to fall
- Size: 6–8 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 10–11
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| 2032 Bauhinia acuminata, Dwarf White Orchid Tree |
Grown in 6"/1 gal or larger pot $39.95 |
🌿 Vining Beauty
B. galpinii – Pride of De Kaap
- Pink with speckled petals
- Bloom: Summer to fall
- Size: 8-12 ft
- Hardiness: USDA 9b–11
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| 2034 Bauhinia galpinii, Pride of De Kaap, Nasturtium Bauhinia |
Grown in 10"/3 gal pot $39.95
Sale $29.95 |