Far from home.

Magnolia? she types in desperation

 

Edgeworthia chrysantha ?

 

Calycanthus chinensis?

 

Not a Magnolia .Sorry nic.

 

Not Edgerworthia chrysantha. Sorry Chimera.

 

woodschmoe. You are getting VERY warm.

2nd clue. You seem to have guessed already. It is a shrub!!!

 

woodschmoe. Apologies. Yes, you have got the right plant, wrong name! Congratulations!!!!!

It is now known as Sinocalycanthus chinensis.
It is all alone in the monotypic genus of Sinocalycanthus.
In the family Calycanthaceae.
Just checked the www to find that in the past it used to be called Calycanthus chinensis. I have only ever known it as Sinocalycanthus chinensis.

 

Just for interest .. these are the flowers of Calycanthus occidentalis.

 

At last! Ironically, I have a couple dozen seedlings of both sinensis and occidentalis growing this year...didn't know about the name change.

 

And there is also the hybrid of the two, with the mouthful of a name, × Sinocalycalycanthus F.T.Lass. & Fantz.

 

I was aware of the existance of x Sinocalycalycanthus, but have yet to see one.
Might be interesting!

http://images.google.com/images?q=×...1I7SUNA_en-GB&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

 

Ohhh NOOOOOOOOOOOooOOooo... gGgRRrrrr.... your pic was soooo annoyingly familiar, but I wasn't able to find it out... even though I have a VERY VERY SIMILAR pic (and maybe our "model" was the same plant... :)))

 

Lila,I thought you would get it easily!!! What kept you?
Your flower has a lovely pink edge. Not the same shrub though. Our pic came from our back garden on 30th June.

The confusion of the name continues. I ordered Dan Hinkleys new book from Amazon, ages ago.

"The Explorers Garden Shrubs and Vines"

http://www.timberpress.com/books/largejacket.cfm/9780881929188

Today it arrived, and fell open, rather spookily at Calycanthus. I will have to sit and read it quietly, to take it in.... BUT, he has the name back to Calycanthus chinensis.

Eric, Ron, Michael, Lila.... HELP!!! Expert botanists needed!!!

 

The Flora of China has it as Calycanthus chinensis: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200008492

I'd suspect the existence of the hybrid was a significant factor favouing a merger of the two genera.

 

Forgot my manners. Thank you Michael for the link.