In June of this year, representatives from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and Monywa University discovered a flowering plant in Yinmabin, Myanmar, that had been considered extinct. After careful and unhurried examination of the find, comparison with existing specimens, and an in-depth review of relevant literature, the researchers confirmed that the plant found is Ruellia bella, an endemic Thai plant long thought to be extinct.