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Phanera yunnanensis
Also called Yunnan Bauhinia
Phanera yunnanensis is a scrambling shrub or climbing vine from southwest China and northern Indochina, grown for its orchid-like flowers. It is a legume, and the key to growing it is giving it a warm, sunny spot and support to climb on.
Phanera yunnanensis (taxonomic synonym Bauhinia yunnanensis) is a plant with the common names Chinese orchid tree, Yunnan orchid or orchid vine, native to China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou) and W. Indochina. It is a perennial dicot described as a shrub or vine. It is in the Fabaceae family, has orchid-like flowers and has been introduced to Florida, in the USA.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phanera yunnanensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
