Vireya Rhododendron: 'Aleksandr'

Flower inside purplish pink with a light yellow throat, tube paler; floral bracts dark purplish pink, 5-7" across, tubular funnel-shaped, with ruffled, broadly overlapping lobes; lightly scented.  Truss has 4-5 flowers.  Blooms several times a year.  Leaves obovate, broadly acute to obtuse apex, cuneate base, glossy, dark green.  Upright, well-branched plant habit.  Hybridized by Sullivan.