Thank you for that link, Gotthelf.
The plant I remember looked VERY MUCH like the black tulip variety
pictured on that site. However, I last saw it about 9 years ago, preceding
the release of that cultivar. But that is the exact look of the flower -
purplish red inside and out. It's spectacular. I'll have to see whether this
"black tulip" variety will ever be released in the US.
"G Wolmershaeuser" wrote in message
...
gregpresley schrieb:

... stayed in that darker color range. I'm even wondering if it might
have
been some cultivar of magnolia campbellei.

I'm pretty sure it was a M. campbellii hybrid: Possibly one of the new
Jury
or Blumhardt hybrids like 'Vulcan' or 'Black Tulip'. Have a look at
http://www.magnoliastore.com/
Gotthelf
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G. Wolmershaeuser