Rhododendron pocophorum Balf.f. ex Tagg

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Genus

Rhododendron
Subsect. Neriiflora

Infraspecifics

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

References

Royal Horticultural Society (1997). The Rhododendron Handbook 1998

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Shrub, 0.6–3 m. Leaves 8–15 × 3.2–5.2 cm, oblong to obovate, lower surface covered with a thick, continuous or patchy rufous tomentum composed of dendroid hairs; petioles tomentose and stalked-glandular. at least when young. Flowers 10(–20), in a tight truss; calyx 5–10 mm, lobes irregular; corolla fleshy, light to deep crimson, tubular-campanulate, 40–50 mm; ovary densely stalked-glandular. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution China S Tibet, NW Yunnan India Arunachal Pradesh

Habitat 3,650–4,600 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H5

Conservation status Vulnerable (VU)

var. hemidartum (Tagg) D.F.Chamb.

Synonyms
R. hemidartum Tagg

Leaves with a patchy discontinuous indumentum beneath. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

This species is closely allied to R. coelicum but differs in the narrower leaves and non-tomentose petioles. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Rhododendron pocophorum var hemidartum KW 20834 (Ray Wood, Castle Howard, North Yorkshire, April 2013). Image John Grimshaw.

var. pocophorum

Leaves with a continuous indumentum beneath.

Awards AM 1971 (National Trust and Countess of Rosse, Nymans); to a clone ‘Cecil Nice’ from Kingdon-Ward 8289; flowers uniform deep red above, with dark markings in throat.

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