Newly named species.This exciting new discovery makes a large rounded evergreen shrub up to 30 feet high in the wild.The long, quite narrowly lanceolate leaves are up to 10 inches in length and are heavily impressed with veins on the upper surface.The lower surface of the leaves is covered with a thin indumentum of tufted hairs. The light red tubular bell-shaped flowers appear in early spring and have darker basal nectar pouches.A beautiful foliage species that we were quite perplexed with while exploring the northwestern corner of Yunnan in the fall of 1977.This species seems to have a fairly limited range in the wild, having been collected (so far) only in the extreme NW corner of Yunnan near the borders with Tibet and Burma.Occurs in broad-leaved evergreen forest from 6,900 to 8,200 ft.
1998sd393CCHH#8110:RSBG(+10\R1\5).Our first offering of this unusual new species.Grown from my collection of seed at 7,350 ft. in NW Yunnan.Only a few plants (this year) from the original collection in 1997.
2000sd539BASE#9657:RSBG(+10\R1\5).A newly named and introduced species in subsection Irrorata.This forms a large shrub with very attractive long and narrow leaves that are deeply impressed with veins above and covered with a tufted brown indumentum beneath.Red to deep pink flowers in early spring.Striking bronzy new growth.These are grown from my collection of seed at 7,800 ft. in NW Yunnan, China.Best in light shade.
