Unique foliage – Rhododendron taxifolium

Rhododendron taxifolium
Rhododendron taxifolium

Here’s a photo of Rhododendron taxifolium, a recent introduction into cultivation from its only known native locale on a single mountaintop on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It’s considered an extremely endangered species due to human activities and may now be extinct in the wild. See it thriving in the Rutherford Conservatory, not in bloom today, but the foliage is so unique!