A semi-double, once flowering climbing Tea common in the villages and hedges between Dali and Lijiang, and in the Lijiang valley. This is probably a hybrid between R. gigantea and cultivated R. x odorata, and so would be classed as a climbing tea. Wilson reports white, yellow, buff or pale rose-pink forms cultivated in Western Yunnan; we saw a yellow one in the park in Lijiang, very close to ‘Parks’ Yellow’, but none were as common as this pink, of which two slightly different clones were grown. Min. -15°C. Photographed by Phillips and Rix 1995. This rose has since been collected and is now in cultivation, it can be obtained from Walter Branchi Orvieto Italy.