Anacacho Orchid Tree (Bauhinia congesta)
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Bauhinia congesta, the Anacacho orchid tree, is a rare tree native to the Anacacho Mountains of Kinney County, Texas. It is a primitive angiosperm with close relatives in South Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia. This global distribution is evidence that this genus evolved about the time the super-continent, Pangaea, split into Gondwanaland and Laurasia. The many small, white, orchid-like flowers appear in April in Austin and put on quite a display.
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class: Magnoliopsida / order: Fabales / family: Fabaceae / genus: Bauhinia / species: congesta
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