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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Thorkild Godsk on December 26, 2013, 07:51:29 AM

Title: Rhododendron-Azalea
Post by: Thorkild Godsk on December 26, 2013, 07:51:29 AM

Rhododendron, Azalea.
I have an Azalea where the name unfortunately is gone,
does anyone know what it's called? it is approx. 2 m 1 picture.
Thorkild-DK

Title: Re: Rhododendron-Azalea
Post by: fermi de Sousa on December 26, 2013, 11:47:57 AM

Rhododendron schlippenbachii?
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Rhododendron-Azalea
Post by: Maggi Young on December 26, 2013, 11:52:03 AM

Quote from: fermides on December 26, 2013, 11:47:57 AM

Rhododendron schlippenbachii?
cheers
fermi

  That tends to have more leaf out when flowering and its flowers are  more openly campanulate to my mind.  Perhaps more likely Rhododendron dauricum

Mind you, looking again at your picture, those flowers are quite flat ....... but no leaves ...... :-\
I'm still voting dauricum!  :D

Title: Re: Rhododendron-Azalea
Post by: johnw on December 26, 2013, 04:08:24 PM

Thorkild -    Definitely R. mucronulatum and a good pink form at that, the type is lavender.  It is completely deciduous, any sign of evergreen behaviour would indicate a cross with dauricum.  The leaves are elliptic in the type as shown and it's colour & flower forms (pink, red-pink, white, purple, double and semi-double) but leaves quite different in the dwarf forms.

johnw


 

Title: Re: Rhododendron-Azalea
Post by: Thorkild Godsk on December 27, 2013, 09:00:31 AM

Rhododendron.
Thanks for your help, I dare not say that it can not be Rhododendron dauricum or Rhododendron mucronulatum I also tendered: Rhododendron mucronulatum Cornell pink x mucronulatum, it may be an option?
Thorkild-DK