rhododendron for id

[mohina macker]

rhododendron,ericaceae family,

with white flowers for id

garibans, singalila national park

tall trees over twenty five feet

unfortunately because of the rains most flowers had fallen

second week of april this year

reference flowers of india

 

regards

mohina macker

 

[Eapsa Berry]

This seems Rhododendron grande.

Sincerely,
Eapsa

[mohina macker]

Comment from Dr Panda

Dear Mohina

It is Rhododendron falconeri (Ericaceae). Pl. take it as confirrmed id. as I already studied. Actually its area of distribution in Darjeeling Himlaya starts from Tonglu and up to Gairibans, Dodhrey-Tonglu Rd, Tumling-Gairibans rd. Now the species is not common at all.

Dr. S. Panda

On Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:25:06 PM UTC+5:30, mohina macker wrote:

[J.M. Garg]

I find it closer to R. grande rather than R. falconeri as per images at the links.

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[Mohina Macker]

thank you Garg ji

for this information

I will try and read up on it

warm regards