Malai

Resembles 'Japanese Lantern'. Curly and twisty dark pink or red petals with pendulous inflorescence that blooms all summer long. Nice multi toned of pink, 3.25", nice strong sweet gardenia scent, petal overlapping, good texture, yellow center, nice good wide petals. Closely resembles Japanese Lantern in growth habit, and pendulous inflorescence. After observing Malei side by side with Japanese Lantern, they are very similar. It may be a Thai seedling. Its growth habit is not as compact as Japanese Lantern, branches are not as thin, and does not bloom as heavily. So if you have to choose between the 2, I would choose Japanese Lantern. Also Malei is harder to root than JL.