Growth Habit: large (6 x 6 feet)
USDA Zone: 6b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: ('Purpureum Elegans' x 'Madame Albert Moser')
Hybridizer: Weber
Color Catagory: purple
Bloom Time: June
Comments: Purple flowers with a large, vivid yellow-green blotch on the dorsal lobe. Trusses may hold as many as 28 flowers. 6-inch long narrowly elliptic leaves are dark green and are retained for 3 years. A rarity in the rhododendron world.