BAUHINIA TOMENTOSA - YELLOW BELL ORCHID TREE - Yellow bauhinia is a small tree with a maximum height of 4 -6' in sun to part shade and well drained soil... It has arching to drooping slender branches with a scrambling stem usually is multi-stemmed. Greyish bark is smooth and sometimes hairy, which gives its specific name tomentosa. Greenish leaves are deeply divided and elliptic in nature; margin entire. Flowers bell-shaped with large, yellow petals with a dark maroon patch at the base. Fruit pale-brown is a pod. Blooms late spring to fall, attracts butterflies. Has many herbal and medicinal purposes. Rare and Unusual. We grow and ship in 4" pot
