Category: Rhododendron

Rhododendron triflorum Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 19 1851. (syn: Azalea triflora (Hook. fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron deflexum Griff.); . S-Tibet, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Darjeeling, Chumbi, NE-India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; . Common name: Three-Flowered Rhododendron . Evergreen or semi-deciduous shrub 1-5m; branchlets minutely scaly. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, […]

Rhododendron grande Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 176 1847. (Syn: Azalea grandis (Wight) Kuntze; Rhododendron argenteum Hook. f.; Rhododendron longifolium Nutt.; Rhododendron wilsonii Nutt. ex Hook.; Waldemaria argentea (Hook. f.) Klotzsch); . S-Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, N-India, Darjeeling as per Catalogue of life; . What is the botanical name of White Rhododendron ? : […]

Rhododendron nivale Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 26(B) 1851. (syn: Azalea nivalis (Hook. fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron paludosum Hutchinson & F. K. Ward); Common name: Dwarf Snow Rhododendron China (S-Qinghai), Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Chumbi as per Catalogue of Life; Compact dwarf shrub 10-30cm; shoots scaly otherwise glabrous. Leaves ovate or broadly ellipyic, […]

Rhododendron arboreum ?; . VoF Week :: DV :: 01 AUG 12 – 0904 :: ¿ Rhododendron ? along Govind Ghat – Ghangaria trail: 1 AUG 12 Govind Ghat – Ghangaria trail … about 6900 ft Habitat: mountain slope Habit: large shrub, rather small tree, about 6 – 8 m high … will be happy […]

Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 23: , pl. 1982 1837. (syn: Rhododendron arboreum subsp. campbelliae (Hook. fil.) Tagg; Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum (Wall. ex Lindl.) Tagg; Rhododendron arboreum var. cinnamomeum (Wall. ex Lindl.) W.K. Hu; Rhododendron campbelliae Hook. fil.; Rhododendron campbelliae Hook. fil.) ?;    S-Tibet, E-Nepal, NE-India, Darjeeling, Vietnam as […]

Rhododendron formosum Wall. var. inaequale C. B. Clarke, J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 3:473. 1882 “inaequalis” (syn: (≡) Rhododendron inaequale (C. B. Clarke) Hutch.); . Rhododendron sp. for ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(1). Location : Phawngpui (ca.2,000 m.), Mizoram. Date : 12-04-2012. Habit : A small tree or shrub. Habitat : […]

Rhododendron veitchianum Hook., Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4992 1857. (syn: Azalea veitchiana (Hook.) Kuntze; Rhododendron cubittii Hutch.; Rhododendron smilesii Hutch.); , E. Assam to Indo-China: Assam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; . Rhododendron sp. for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments(1). Location : Phawngpui (ca. 2,000m alt.), Mizoram. Date : 12-04-2012. Habitat : Wild. Habit […]

Rhododendron × pulchrum ?;        Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Rhododendron pulchrum from California pl. validate -GSAPR25 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Rhododendron pulchrum pl. validate A small shrub photographed from Sunnyvale, California efi page on Rhododendron × pulchrum   Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Rhododendron pulchrum from California another cultivar pl. […]

Rhododendron johnstoneanum Watt ex Hutch., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 12: 72 1919.; . Rhododendron johnstoneanum subsection maddenia from UCBG-28082021-5: Rhododendron johnstoneanum subsection maddenia Photographed from University of California Botanical Garden, 22-4-2019 . Is it Rhododendron johnstoneanum ? : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors. Location : Phawngpui, Mizoram. Altitude : ca.2,000 m. Date : […]

Rhododendron dalhousiae Hook.fil., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 1: , pl. 1 & 2 1849. (Syn: Azalea macrocarpa (Griff.) Kuntze; hododendron dalhousiae var. lindleyanum Lavallee; Rhododendron lindleyanum hort. ex Lavallee (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron macrocarpos Griff.); Tibet, Bhutan, E-Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Bangladesh, NE-India as per Catalogue of Life;   Collected in 1915 from Bhutan and subsequently from Kameng […]

Rhododendron ponticum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2 562 1762. (Syn: Anthodendron ponticum (L.) Rchb.; Azalea arborea L.; Azalea gandavensis K.Koch; Azalea lancifolia (Moench) Kuntze; Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel.; Rhododendron myrtifolium Lodd. [Invalid]);   Rhododendron ponticum, called common rhododendron or pontic rhododendron, is a species of Rhododendron native to southern Europe and southwest Asia.  R. ponticum is […]

Rhododendron maddenii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 18 1851. (Syn: Azalea maddenii (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron brachysiphon Balf. f.; Rhododendron brevitubum I.B.Balf. & Cooper (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron calophyllum Nutt.; Rhododendron jenkinsii Nutt.; Rhododendron macranthum Griff. (ambiguous synonym); Rhododendron maddenii var. longiflorum W. Watson; Rhododendron polyandrum Hutch.); S-Tibet, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, […]

Rhododendron occidentale (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray, W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1:458. 1876 (syn: (≡) Azalea occidentalis Torr. & A. Gray (basionym));   Rhododendron occidentale, the western azalea, is one of two deciduous Rhododendron species native to western North America (the other is Rhododendron albiflorum). The western azalea is known to […]

Rhododendron griersonianum Balf. f. & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11(52–53): 69–71 1919.        Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Rhododendron griersonianum from California -GSAPR20 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Rhododendron griersonianum Balf.f & Forr.  Shrub or small tree up to 3 m tallwith bristly and glandular young branches; leaves up […]

Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 133–134 1913. ;      Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight: Rhododendron hyperythrum from California -GSAPR21 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Rhododendron hyperythrum Hayata A shrub with oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate up to 10 cm long leaves, with brownish dots beneath, with white flowers having funnel-shaped corolla and […]

Rhododendron setosum D. Don, Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 3: 408-409 408 1821.;   Common name: Bristly Rhododendron    RE: Rhododendrons : Attachments (4). 2 posts by 1 author. I am Nepal and I would like to share some photos of Rhododendrons from Nepal’s Himalayas. Yes R. Arboreum is national flower of Nepal. Here are […]

Rhododendron keysii Nutt., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 353 353 1853. (Syn: Rhododendron keysii var. unicolor Hutch.); Common name: Keys Rhododendron      Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-01 : Attachments (1).  4 posts by 3 authors. This shrub was seen in Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.Altitude 3000-4000 m.Found flowering in June end.Looks like a Rhododendron […]

Rhododendron thomsonii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 2: , pl. 12 1851. (syn: Azalea thomsonii (Hook.fil.) Kuntze; Rhododendron candelabrum Hook.fil.; Rhododendron thomsonii subsp. candelabrum (Hook.fil.) D.F.Chamberlain); S-Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal, N-India, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin) as per Catalogue of Life;      Common name: Thomson’s Rhododendron     Rhododendron thomsonii (半圆叶杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern India, […]

Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet ?;      Garden Flowers For ID : Bhimtal,Uttarakhand : 270413 : AK-3 : Attachments (1).  8 posts by 5 authors. A small cultivated, garden plant seen at a resort in Bhimtal on 23/3/13, having pink flowers in bloom. Azalea? Yes, it does looks like some Azalea sp. (family: Ericaceae). Rhododendron indicum  […]

Rhododendron barbatum Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 844 844 1834. (Syn: Rhododendron lancifolium Hook. f.);       Rhododendron barbatum (Ericaceae) in full bloom in Uttarakhand : Attachments (5). 5 posts by 4 authors. Recently I was at Munsiyari, Pithoragarh of Uttarakhand. Fortunately the visit was exactly at the time of full bloom of […]