Description
Rhododendron baihuaense JN#11050 A newly discovered (2011) and described species (way to go Jens Nielsen!) from the Yunnan/Burma frontier, this may be most closely related to R. hanceanum which is known from only far to the north in Sichuan. This does not appear to be a large-growing shrub having been recorded as reaching only one to two meters in the wild. The remarkable foliage is quite unlike any other species that I have seen. It emerges reddish-purple with the appearance of being coated with a dull wax. The leaves are bright glaucous-white beneath. The small, white, funnel-shaped flowers are reported to be in inflorescences of two to five in early spring - sounds like another truss show winner! (+5?\R1\3) RSBG#206sd2012
