Rhododendrons 2016

[Thorkild Godsk]

Rhododendron.
Rhododendron recurvoides Birck.
Numan's form af recurvoides

[birck j c]

sorry    cant help

jens  birck

[johnralphcarpenter]

Rhododendron ochraceum, R. pemakoense, R. 'Songbird'.

[Graham Catlow]

This miniature rhodo. is growing nicely in one of my troughs but I seem to have lost its label.
I would be grateful for an ID please. It has scented leaves as well as these wonderful mini flowers.

[Maggi Young]

 Graham -  it has a look of Rh. anthopogon Betty Graham.

[johnw]

Looks like Jens' cephalanthum.  R. cepahalanthum v. crebreflorum maybe???  Damn clean foliage.

john

[Graham Catlow]

Thanks for the suggestions Maggi and John.
Now you suggest it John I remember it to be cephalanthum whether it is v. crebreflorum or not I don't know. I just remember writing cephalanthum on the label that is now lost. I can't remember where I got it from though. Probably a nursery at an SRGC show.

[Maggi Young]

Too deep pink for most of the crebreflorum group I'd have thought.  Also would expect to see visible pores on the foliage  for a cephalanthum.... ??

[johnw]

There's a Glendoick form we have called ('Deep Pink' oops that's a primuliforum)]. Very confusing lot and can't really see the foliage all that well, there's vars or ssp.Nmaiense, platyphyllum along with the type.    Seems early for cephalanthum but then again you don't have winter over there, just occasional frosts. 

john

[birck j c]

crebreflorum as it look here

"pores"
to see them depend on angel of light

jens

[johnw]

Ok, forgot v. cephalanthoides too.

Here's Jens' own cephalanthum, nice pink.

john

[Graham Catlow]

Thanks all for the additional information. Looking at the leaves I'm not sure if there are obvious pores but looking at the above photos they aren't that noticeable on some of them.
What ever it is its an amazing little Rhodo.
Thanks again

[Tristan_He]

Anybody know what this pretty little Rhody might be? It's one of the earliest for me and reaches about 2' in height. It came with the house when we moved in - the previous owner had quite a nice collection.

[Maggi Young]

Looks like  'Snow Lady'  - which is a  hybrid of R.  leucapsis , most likely with R. ciliatum

[Tristan_He]

Thanks Maggi, looks right to me!