Summary
THE only surviving specimens of one of the world's rarest plants have gone on display after cuttings taken from a Malaysian mountain by Scots scientists more than a decade ago flourished while the flower died out in its native habitat.
Horticulturalists from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) discovered the blood-red Rhododendron tuhanensis during an expedition to the slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo in 1995.See the full content of this document
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Scots Team Saves Rare Plant for Wild
They brought the samples back to the Scottish capital where they have grown into mature plants. A follow-up e...
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