how wrote:
"Bob Williams" wrote in message
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Hi,
Bauhinia purpurea, sometimes called Hong Kong Orchid tree but this one has
seed pods and the real HKO (Bauhinia blakenea) has none.
HTH -_- how
no NEWS is good


Yep! That's it.
The unusual leaf cinched it.
Thanks for the I.D.
Bob