Anybody can help me identify this Magnolia(Michelia)? I have this in Thailand and believe it's from China. The flowers bloom before sunset and are fragrant. They last for 3 or 4 days.
Thanks Ron but M. doltsopa has more petals and the leaves are different.. not as hard as this one. To me, I guess it is Michelia platypetala which is now Magnolia maudiae var. platypetala. However, picture of the plant given by Magnolia Society is somewhat different which made me uncertain of what I have a home. http://www.magnoliasociety.org/classification_matted_images/m_platypetala.html Anybody out there can help me confirm what Magnolia I have? Thank you.
Yes, I noticed that the leaves might be too heavy and blunt for that one. General aspect is the same. There might be a key around somewhere you could use, maybe a regional one that covers the species this happens to be even if not one that covers the entire section.
Google hit indicates this document contains a key to Michelia, if you can somehow gain access to its contents. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2399942