Rhododendron flinckii-bhutanense
Billeder af Rhododendron flinckii-bhutanense
Beskrivelse
R. flinckii-bhutanense (Lanata) Dunge Valley er en form mellem R. flinckii og R. bhutanense. Jeg siger ikke det er en hybrid, hvorfor skulle det være dette?, men kan være det. Denne form er måske en efterkommer fra den art (Founder species) hvorfra R. flinckii, R. bhutanense og evt. R. lanatum nedstammer fra. Jeg kalder denne “flinckii-bhutanense” indtil videnskaben kalder den noget andet. Alan Clark fandt mange af disse former i Bhutan.
Hans Eiberg
Trees and Shrubs Online; R. flinckii
Shrub, 1.5–2.5 m. Leaves thin, 4–10 × 2–4.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, apex rounded, apiculate, lower surface covered in a dense rufous, somewhat matted indumentum composed of dendroid hairs. Flowers 3–8, in a lax truss, pale yellow (to pink?), with purple flecks, campanulate, lacking nectar pouches, 35–50 mm; ovary densely covered with a whitish to brown tomentum, without glands, style glabrous. Flowering April-May. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)
Distribution Bhutan E
Habitat c.3,000 m
RHS Hardiness Rating H6
Conservation status Least concern (LC)
This species apparently hybridizes with R. wallichii and/or R. campanulatum. This may be the origin of the pink-flowered forms that have been reported from the wild and have been named R. poluninii Davidian. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)
Trees and Shrubs Online; R. bhutanense
Shrub, 0.6–3 m. Leaves 6–12.5 × 3–5 cm, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, apex acute, lower surface covered with an adpressed brown one-layered tomentum composed of radiate hairs; petioles greyish-floccose above. Flowers 8–15(–22), in a dense truss; calyx c.1 mm; corolla pale pink to almost white, with red flecks and a magenta basal blotch, campanulate, nectar pouches lacking; ovary and style glabrous. Flowering May-June. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)
Distribution Bhutan
Habitat 4,145–4,570 m
RHS Hardiness Rating H7
A recently described species in Subsect. Taliensia. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)