{"id":1276802,"date":"2011-03-27T06:37:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T06:37:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:49:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:19:38","slug":"rhododendron-wightii-1","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/rhododendron-wightii-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhododendron wightii"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rhododendron<\/i> wightii<\/i> Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 27 1851<\/em>. ;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Common name:<\/strong> Wight’s Rhododendron<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim<\/font>\u00a0as per\u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>;<\/span><\/div>\n

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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.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Fir forests and Juniper\/Rhododendron scrub<\/font> <\/div>\n
(Attributions- Grierson A.J.C&Long D.G. Flora of Bhutan. Volume 2 part 1. Published by RBGE 1991 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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white Rhododendrones<\/a> : Attachments<\/span> (2<\/span>). 2 posts by 2 authors.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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These were found on lower heights.<\/div>\n
I have seen Rhododendrones in all the colours but very few white ones, They were trees of medium height <\/p>\n
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One possibility is Rhododendron wightii<\/em>\u00a0
http:\/\/www.flowersofindia.net\/catalog\/slides\/Wight%27s%20Rhododendron.html<\/font><\/a>
One feature of this is that leaves are brownish of greyish on the underside.<\/font> <\/p>\n
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2 more Rhododendrons<\/font><\/a> : Mixed thread- 1 correct image as above. <\/span>3 posts by 2 authors.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Two more Rhododendrons- Perhaps<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
100_1255.JPG- R. pronum<\/em>
100_1263.JPG- R. hirsutum
<\/em>on way to Bumla pass- 11000-12000 ft.<\/font> Needs confirmation<\/p>\n
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The pink flowered rhododendron is R.campanulatum <\/i>and<\/font> the first one looks like R. anthopogon (note:-flowers should be in yellow color<\/span><\/font>) <\/i>and if not than check R.lepidotum<\/p>\n
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<\/em>Please find attached herewith the identified species. R. wightii<\/em> & R. campanulatum<\/em><\/font> respectively.<\/p>\n

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<\/font>Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>Tropicos<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>IPNI<\/a>
\n\u00a0<\/span>GBIF<\/a> (with type specimen) Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/span>Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 <\/font><\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> IBIS Flora<\/a>\u00a0 rhododendron.dk<\/a>\u00a0 Hirsutum.info <\/font><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rhododendron wightii Hook. f., Rhododendron Sikkim Himalaya 3: , pl. 27 1851. ; Common name: Wight’s Rhododendron \u00a0 S-Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim\u00a0as per\u00a0Catalogue 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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[4988],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1276802","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-rhododendron"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1276802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1276802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1276802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1276802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1276802"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1276802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}