Parkinsonia aculeata is a small to medium growing deciduos tree or shrub, 15 to 30 feet tall, and as wide. The bark is yellow-green, branches have spiny twigs, a very open, sparse growth pattern. Yellow flowers on 3 to 7 […]

P. villosum bears solitary, glossy, reddish brown flowers, 3 inches across, with green and brown upper sepals and light bronze to green pouches. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light grey-green. Orchid-shaped blooms with a distinctive pouch are […]

P. venustum blooms from winter to spring. Solitary flowers, with green and rose-red, maroon marked petals, green-striped white sepals, and yellowish green to red brown pouches. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light grey-green. Orchid-shaped blooms with a […]

P. sukhakulii blooms in the fall, solitary flowers, with green petals, spotted purple, green-striped white sepals, and red brown pouches. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light grey-green. Orchid-shaped blooms with a distinctive pouch are borne singly. Prefers […]

P. rothschildianum has green leaves, up to 20 inches long, and in spring and summer, bears racemes of 2 to 6 flowers, with cream petals, spotted with purple and white upper sepals, spotted dark purple, and purplish brown, yellow edged […]

P. niveum blooms in summer, white flowers, 3 inches across, with small red spots. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light grey-green. Orchid-shaped blooms with a distinctive pouch are borne singly. Prefers cool to intermediate temperature and ample […]

P. insigne has linear yellowish-green leaves, up to 12 inches long. Solitary flowers, with bronze petals and pouches, and pale greenish-yellow to brown, spotted upper sepals, appear from fall to spring. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light […]

P. hirsutissimum has linear mid-green leaves, to 18 inches long. In spring, bears solitary flowers, with green and rose-mauve petals, green upper sepals with brown shading, and greenish brown pouches, all dotted with fine brown hairs. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green […]

P. haynaldianum has strap-shaped, light green leaves, to 16 inches long. In spring, bears racemes of up to 6 slender flowers, with green petals spotted rose-pink, and with spotted upper sepals, and greenish brown pouches. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, […]

P. fairrieanum has strap-like, dark green leaves. In the fall, produces solitary, purple-veined, pale greenish-white flowers with greenish-yellow lips, tinged purple-brown. Thick, broad, strap-shaped green leaves, often mottled with light grey-green. Orchid-shaped blooms with a distinctive pouch are borne singly. […]