gregpresley wrote:

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.

Hello,
you are right. "Black Tulip" is an eye catcher. This Cross was made by
Jury, New Zealand. Other hybrids produced by one of the Jury's like
"Apollo" or "Athene" are readily available in your country. So I expect
this one also to be on sale. Did you check the nursery list of the magnolia
society?
http://www.magnoliasociety.org/source_list.html
Gotthelf
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G. Wolmershaeuser