Rhododendron species/ cultivars etc.

 

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18 th Jan. 2010 / 10.00 am.–  Hakgala Botanical Garden,Sri Lanka. About 5000-6000ft. above sea-level .. a garden azalea, probably a Southern India cultivar. ..; Kyangnosla Alpine Sanctuary in Sikkim;

Request for ID – 190410SC3 – efloraofindia | Google Groups

High Altitude Shrub – efloraofindia | Google Groups

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Langur on Rhododendron (Burans): Burans is disappearing at a alarming rate from Himalayas due to over exploitation. 

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Rhododendron for ID 300411MK1: Please help to id this Rhododendron found in a garden. I have also seen this plant in parts of Ooty, Nilgiris.

This is  still an azalea…
exact binomial would depend on proper id of the hybrid, and then cultivar… azaleas have been hybridized for a few hundred years, first in Japan, China, and then in England and the North Americas….   names, cultivars
USED TO BE IN A GENUS OF ITS OWN, BUT IS NOW INCLUDED IN RHODODENDRON…

leaves and flowers and seedpods when develops (which is now rare in garden plants of the two)  are all distinctly different…  Taxonomy texts should be able to list the difference…

Two broad groups of AZALEAS are sold…1)  a deciduous that is leafless thru the winter  and  2) an evergreen variety that keeps its leaves even under the snow …

The color as shown above  is a common color of the garden variety Azalea … planted everywhere where greenery and a little color is wanted such as edges of large lawns, foundations of the homes as a cover to hide the cement walls, and in Georgia and both  Carolinas in large dedicated gardens… Calloway garden comes to mind in Georgiia … famous for its walks lined by hundreds of (by now 5-8 feet tall) plants of many different colors and cultivars…

At my last count a few years ago there were more than 80 books devoted to Azaleas only (not including the Rhododendrons, which a different matter altogether) …

second week of april this year

unfortunately it was not in bloom

reference flowers of india

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Just out of curiosity i wanted to know what is Rhododendron ? What i learned –

• extensively hybridized, including natural hybrids… 28,000 cultivars – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron#Hybrids
• id key of three species – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=316413
• id key of R. fulgens – http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242343896
• though the above site describes “… abaxial surface densely fulvous woolly..” yet pics found, i think, matches this post – http://www.esveld.nl/htmldiaen/r/rhfulg.php
• yet another – http://asperupgaard.dk/garden/plantegrupper/rhododendron/rhododendron_fulgens/slides/24-05-05kodak_170.html
• one more – http://www.dungevalley.co.uk/Makalu%20and%20Everest/05_Rhododendron_Fulgens_web.jpg sourced from – http://www.dungevalley.co.uk/nepal%20makalu%20&%20everest.htm
• bud found – http://hirsutum.info/rhododendron/species/detail.php?id=449
• very short description – http://www.rhododendron.org/descriptionS_taxon.asp?ID=76
• various species – http://www.rhododendron.dk/!ff.html

 

Found in Kodaikanal on 24/10/08.

Azalea but which ones?

Correct id please.

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i think this is Rhododendron

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This is a cultivated, ornamental hybrid plant commonly known as Azalea and all azaleas belong to the Rhododendron species.

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