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Bauhinia lunarioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Southwestern Texas in the United States and Northern Mexico. Common names include Texasplume, [2] Anacacho orchid tree, and pata de vaca. It is a small deciduous tree growing to 4 m tall. The leaves are 2–5 cm long and broad, rounded, and bilobed at the ...
Spiranthes parksii, the Navasota ladies' tresses, [3] is a species of orchid that is endemic to Texas, United States.The flower was first discovered in 1945 and was first described by Donovan Stewart Correll in his 1950 book, Native Orchids of North America North of Mexico.
Bauhinia × blakeana is the floral emblem of Hong Kong—a stylized orchid tree flower appears on the flag of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Airlines (formerly CR Airways) uses 'Bauhinia' as its radio callsign in air traffic communication.
Hexalectris warnockii, the Texas crested coralroot, Texas purple-spike, is a myco-heterotrophic orchid found in the states of Texas and Arizona in the southwestern United States, and in the states of Coahuila and Baja California Sur in northern Mexico.
Spiranthes brevilabris, the short lipped ladies' tresses or Texas lady's tresses is a rare and endangered orchid native to the southeastern United States. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Variations
Spiranthes is a genus of orchids in the subfamily Orchidoideae.They are known commonly as ladies tresses, ladies'-tresses, or lady's tresses. [2] The genus is distributed in the Americas, Eurasia, and Australia. [3]
Platanthera leucophaea, commonly known as the prairie white fringed orchid [6] or eastern prairie fringed orchid, is a rare species of orchid native to North America. It is a federally threatened species, [ 7 ] protected since October 30, 1989 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 . [ 8 ]
Platanthera chapmanii, common name Chapman's fringed orchid, is an orchid that grows in Northern Florida and adjacent southeastern Georgia as well as in southeastern Texas. [1] It is a monocot in the family Orchidaceae. [2] It is part of the genus Platanthera, meaning wide anther in Latin.