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Arunachal Pradesh Rhododendrons

In 2003, David embarked upon three treks in Arunachal Pradesh with two colleagues. Kenneth Cox described our treks as some of the most successful in the area in modern times. Seed collections were made from numerous plants, many of which still have to be named. It is just possible there may be something new here (over 40 Rhododendron species were found over the course of the three treks), but if not then it is still very important to collect species from new areas, as there are always new forms to be found.

PLANT NAME	DESCRIPTION	PRICE
Rhododendron arboreum	A very bright pink form of Rhododendron arboreum in flower in December.	From £6.80
Rhododendron bhutanense	I collected a number of distinct forms of Rhododendron bhutanense. Hardy, slow growing and a good foliage plant.	From £6.80
Rhododendron cinnabarinum	A new collection area for this species with very large leaves.
Rhododendron crinigerum	A distinct species; some of the flowers are quite showy. I found this in the forest on the last trek near the Burmese border, actual seedlings.	From £6.80
Rhododendron edgeworthii	Actual seedling from Arunachal Pradesh Trek 2003. Beautiful scented pink flowers, can be grown outside in suitable sheltered location.	From £6.80
Rhododendron edgeworthii aff megacalyx?	Could be just a variant of R. edgeworthii?	From £6.80
Rhododendron falconeri ssp eximium	There were some wonderful forms of this magnificent plant.	From £6.80
Rhododendron flinckii	An outstanding foliage plant, hardy and slow growing. Pale yellow flowers. We found extensive tracts growing along the Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh border.	From £6.80
Rhododendron glaucophyllum	Very glaucous leaf underside with pinkish-purple rose to pale pink flowers.	From £6.80
Rhododendron griffithianum	Superb large growing Rhododendron with huge white scented flowers. Picture of actual seedlings from Arunachal Pradesh seed, Lohit region 2003.	From £6.80
Rhododendron hookeri	Bright red flowers with distinctive isolated tufts of fasciculate hairs like hooks on lateral veins found in western Arunachal Pradesh.	From £6.80
Rhododendron hookeri aff	Like a very large leaved R. hookeri showing some of the characteristic but sparse fasciculate hooked hairs along the lateral veins. This was a large isolated collection of Rhododendrons with no sign of the smaller leaved R. hookeri in sight in the Lohit region of Arunachal Pradesh.	From £6.80
Rhododendron imperator	This was growing with R. chamaethompsonii. The flowers are bright to dark pinkish-purple. Collected 11,000 feet, in the Lohit region, Arunachal Pradesh 2003.	From £6.80
Rhododendron keysii DK AP 2003	Narrowly Tubular, Pendulous, Deep Red to Salmon Pink Flowers in June to July Ending in Yellow Lobes. Seed Collected by D Ketley, Arunachal Pradesh 2003. 5ft.	From £6.80
Rhododendron leptocarpum	Yellow flowers.	From £6.80
Rhododendron magnificum?	Many of the large leaved species have proved very difficult to name.	From £6.80
Rhododendron neriiflorum	An usually bright red bell shaped flowers.	From £6.80
Rhododendron neriiflorum ssp phaedropum	Some spectacular flower colours amongst these plants from red through to bi-coloured orange.	From £6.80
Rhododendron pocophorum	Very nice form. Deep red flowers with deep rusty indumentum.
Rhododendron taggianum	Beautiful scented white flowers. Will make a good conservatory plant.	From £6.80
Rhododendron tephropeplum	Pink flowers, really nice species with characteristic medium to small leaf leaf .
Rhododendron tephropeplum Deliense	Very distinct from tephropeplum itself with larger leaves probably pink flowers worth growing for its foliage alone.	From £6.80
Rhododendron?		From £6.80
Rhododendron ssp Nova		From £6.80
Rhododendron falconeri ssp Nova		From £6.80
Rhododendron fulvum		From £6.80
Rhododendron sanguineum	I collected a numbers of forms of this hardy species. The flowers are usually dark red.	From £6.80
Rhododendron falconerii ssp Nova		From £6.80
Rhododendron chamaethompsonii	Mat forming Rhododendron growing on the north side of small slopes. Carmine crimson to pink flowers.	From £6.80
Rhododendron camplylocarpum aff?	This plant very much reminded me of Rhododendron camplylocarpum with its curved seed capsules.	From £6.80
Rhododendron?	This Rhododendron was growing on a high ridge at about 12500 feet so should be very hardy, red flowers I think from checking out existing flower buds.	From £6.80
Rhododendron praestans	New area for this species. White to dark pink flowers growing at about 11,500 feet so should be hardy.	From £6.80
Rhododendron cerasinum		From £6.80
Rhododendron?		From £6.80
Rhododendron?		From £6.80