Rhododendron wightii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 27 1851. ;

Common name: Wight’s Rhododendron
 
S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim as per Catalogue of Life;


Shrub 2-5m; branchlets glabrous or puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or obovate, 9-15×4-6cm, rounded or acute, base rounded or somewhat cuneate, densely appressed reddish brown tomentose beneath with compound hairs; petioles 1-2cm, stout, closely greyish floccose above. Racemes loose, 12-20 pundulous flowers; pedicels 1.5-2.5m, tomentose. Calyx minute, 5-lobed. Corolla campanulate or broadly campanulate, 3-3.5cm, mostly 5-lobed, pale or lemon-yellow with reddish or brownish spots. 3-3.5cm, mostly 5-lobed, pale or lemon-yellow with reddish or brownish spots. Stamens 10;filaments pubescent at base. Ovary brown tomentose; style glabrous. Capsules curved, 2.5-4×0.5-0.7cm.
May-July
Fir forests and Juniper/Rhododendron scrub
(Attributions- Grierson A.J.C&Long D.G. Flora of Bhutan. Volume 2 part 1. Published by RBGE 1991 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)

 

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white Rhododendrones : Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.

These were found on lower heights.
I have seen Rhododendrones in all the colours but very few white ones, They were trees of medium height


One possibility is Rhododendron wightii 
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wight%27s%20Rhododendron.html
One feature of this is that leaves are brownish of greyish on the underside.


  

 

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2 more Rhododendrons : Mixed thread- 1 correct image as above. 3 posts by 2 authors.
Two more Rhododendrons- Perhaps
100_1255.JPG- R. pronum
100_1263.JPG- R. hirsutum
on way to Bumla pass- 11000-12000 ft. Needs confirmation


The pink flowered rhododendron is R.campanulatum and the first one looks like R. anthopogon (note:-flowers should be in yellow color) and if not than check R.lepidotum


Please find attached herewith the identified species. R. wightii & R. campanulatum respectively.


  

 
  

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