The Hong Kong Orchid Tree has large thick leaves and striking purplish red flowers. The fragrant, orchid-like flowers are usually 3.9 to 5.9 in across, and bloom from early November to the end of March. Although now cultivated in many areas, it originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and apparently all of the cultivated trees derive from one cultivated at the Hong Kong Botanical Gardens and widely planted in Hong Kong starting in 1914. - Wikipedia