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facetum

Evergreen shrubs or small trees with the new foliage not emerging until mid- to late summer.  The new growth is covered with a striking, dense and velvety white to red-brown indumentum.  The beautiful tubular bell-shaped flowers (mid-summer) are bright red with darker nectar pouches.  One of the great floral displays on our 2000 spring expedition to the Salween.  Native to the border regions of Upper Burma and adjacent NW Yunnan, China where it occurs on cliffs and in forests from 8,000 to 11,000 ft.

1998sd351  CCHH#8053:RSBG  (+10\R1\6).  Grown from my collection of seed at 9,500 ft. in the Biluoxue Shan of W Yunnan, China.  One of the best reds in the genus.

2000sd554  BASE#9693:RSBG  (-10\R1\6).  Large shrubs with magnificent bright red flowers in mid-summer.  The extremely attractive new foliage emerges in mid-summer with a dense coating of reddish brown to silvery indumentum (see photo in spring catalog).  These are grown from my collection of seed at 9,250 ft. on the Yunnan-Burma border.

2000sd569  BASE#9701:RSBG  (+10\R1\6).  These are grown from my collection of seed at 9,700 ft. on the mountain known as Ziben Shan along the Yunnan/Burma frontier, China.  One of the best reds in the genus.  The plants on this mountain were magnificent in flower.

facetum affinity

These are seedlings grown from seed collected wild on Mt. Fan Si Pan in North Vietnam at 9,100 ft. as R. irroratum (which they obviously are not).  The stellate hairs on the foliage indicate that this is a member of the distinctive subsection Parishia.  This seems to be closely related to the red-flowered R. facetum or possibly R. kyawi, both of which are unrecorded from these regions.  According to Keith Rushforth and Dr. David Chamberlain, who have also collected this taxon in the area, it may even be a new species.  It has the same late growth (flushing its new shoots and leaves in mid-summer) covered with downy pale brown indumentum as that seen in the above mentioned species.  Whatever name is finally applied to this taxon, it should be a valuable brilliant red, late-flowering addition for gardens in mild climates.  Best in light shade with plenty of moisture when the new growth appears.

1996sd573  96ARS#305:RSBG  (+10\R1\6).  Nice large plants with stunning new growth.  These have survived +13 F in containers in our hoops with no damage.  We have now bloomed specimens from this interesting N Vietnamese collection (9,100 ft. on Mt. Fan Si Pan).  The flowers are very similar to those of facetum (bell-shaped and bright red) but hang in a looser truss.  quite showy and colorful, with stunning new foliage coated in brown indumentum.