Ericaceae (incl. Vacciniaceae) Fortnight :: Rhododendron barbatum from Dhakuri, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand 210414MC::April001

[Manoj Chandran]

The close up photographs reveal the barbs on the petiole of the leaves, which is the main character of Rhododendron barbatum. However, these barbs fall off later on and during certain season, no barbs are found. The flowers are scarlet to orange-red and are smaller than that of R.arboreum. The bark peels off and is whitish like R.campanulatum. One of the photograph shows R.barbatum (lighter green at the centre) growing among R.arboreum.The stems are semi-prostrate due to snowfall and hence the tree achieves a shrubby appearance like R.campanulatum.

R.barbatum is usually found in narrow stretch in the temperate to sub-alpine zone in the transition zone of R.arboreum and R.campanulatum. It is found at Tungnath,Dhakuri, Khalia in Munsyari at around 2800-3000m altitudes.

[Manoj Chandran]

One more photo showing the habit of Rhododendron barbatum.

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Manoj ji, for the wonderful post.

On 21 April 2014 07:15, Manoj Chandran <mach...@gmail.com> wrote:

The close up photographs reveal the barbs on the petiole of the leaves, which is the main character of Rhododendron barbatum. However, these barbs fall off later on and during certain season, no barbs are found. The flowers are scarlet to orange-red and are smaller than that of R.arboreum. The bark peels off and is whitish like R.campanulatum. One of the photograph shows R.barbatum (lighter green at the centre) growing among R.arboreum.The stems are semi-prostrate due to snowfall and hence the tree achieves a shrubby appearance like R.campanulatum.

R.barbatum is usually found in narrow stretch in the temperate to sub-alpine zone in the transition zone of R.arboreum and R.campanulatum. It is found at Tungnath,Dhakuri, Khalia in Munsyari at around 2800-3000m altitudes.

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With regards,
J.M.Garg

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