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Bulbs => Ian Young's Bulb Log - Feedback Forum => Topic started by: johnw on March 21, 2012, 02:55:00 PM
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Ian - Hopefully Jens will be able to identify this Rhododendron species. I'm drawing a complete blank.
johnw
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Another problem is we've lost its ACE number, of course.
Lovely thing: the flower heads are full and compact, slight scent and those nicely bullate leaves..... :-\
I'm going to post a link in the Rhodo pages to see what folks think.... :)
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Some photos of the rhodo from ACE Seed:
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Ok John I will give it a try:
My guess Rh. uvariifolium (80%)
if its in flower right now it will be 90%.
In The rhodo pages I earlier mentioned my very good budset
on rhododendrons - maybe do to heavy rainfall last july.
So here a picture, 15 min old, of my Rh. uvarifolium.
birck
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the frits, the frits I want I want ....
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Well done Jens. And she has nice freckles too!
I guees that would make it uvariiffolium var. uvariifolium. Strange the Chinese variety is so stunning compared to the western variety.
johnw
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Thanks Jens!
Yes it is flowering right now. The buds had the same fat shape as Jens shows on his plant. I agree with John... she has lovely freckles :)
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Here a close up of the flowerbuds of my uvarifolium.
birck
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Maggi will be far too modest to mention this so I will intervene.
When their super rhodo was posted I sent a link off to Steve Hootman, curator of the Rhododendron Species Foundation, to help with an identification just minutes before Jens came to the rescue. Steve had been away and wrote the following this afternoon:
"That rhododendron is a very fine example (one of the best I have seen) of the Chinese form of uvariifolium (vs. the Tibetan form known as uvariifolium var. griseum)."
Well done Ian and Maggi1
And btw Ian it doesn't resemble an Uvularia in the least. See latest Bulb Log ;)
johnw
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It is terribly exciting that the rhodo is thought to be a good form... we are tickled pink. We thought it a smart one... but then again, having raised it from seed , we would think that, wouldn't we?!
Thanks too, John for pointing out just one of the typos I have just fixed in this week's log - must be the unaccustomed heat wearing us out. :)
The rhodo is Rhododendron uvariifolium 8)
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I fully agree with Steve.
Although not that good my uvarifolium(752)
comes from Sofiero Castle, and have survived for more
than 50 years. No damage in all these years, that goes
for the fulvoides (759) too.
My very good budset/flowering this year will end to night
as the weather forcast have "promised" -5C .
So here are the last shots of strigillosum(768) and sherriffii(764).
The only survivor from this coming nightmare is a dendrocharis(769)
as I just put it into a pot to bring it inside tonight.
birck
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Here a shot of my dendrocharis , now in full bloom.
birck
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Jens - What a smashing species this dendrocharis! I am amazed at the superb habit. Here they tend to be rangey, perhaps they fill out later. ???
Hope you miss the frost with all those wonderful species in full flower.
johnw
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What a glorious plant is that! It is in NZ but not with me alas. Perfect show plant, surely. Thanks Birck, for sharing your photo.
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What a glorious plant is that! It is in NZ but not with me alas. Perfect show plant, surely. Thanks Birck, for sharing your photo.
Lesley - dendrocharis is very very easy to root from cuttings.
birck
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That is excellent news Birck but first I need to locate a plant. ::)
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What a glorious plant is that! It is in NZ but not with me alas. Perfect show plant, surely.
Jens - Maybe time to self it and send a bit of seed to the destitute in NZ. ;) A start to the way up rather than down.
johnw
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That's just what I was thinking here, John.... time for a bit of tickling.
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Have done so John - but it will still be down under!
birck