Talk:Rhododendron
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What titles should we have for the subgenera pages? 'Pentanthera' seems a bit ambiguous, so would 'Rhododendron/Pentanthera' or 'Rhododendron, subgenus Pentanthera' be more appropriate? The same issue will occur when we get to sections, subsections and alliances. --DWeir
Yes. I just added a stub and photo for dwarf azalea, but don't know how to link it here, because I don't know which subgenus. It's Rhododendron atlanticum. Anyone with better botany books? Pollinator 08:15, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Rhododendron gardens
I removed the following two paragraphs for further checking when rewriting the page, because they (almost) contradict each other.
The largest natural rhododendron garden in the world is in Bakersville, North Carolina in the USA. The garden is situated on the top of Roan Mountain state park.
One of the largest, if not the largest, collection of cultivated rhododendrons, is in Dunedin, New Zealand, where its temperate climate is well suited. The city hosts an annual Rhododendron Festival (http://www.rhododunedin.com/).
Imc 21:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pakistan
Could someone please find out which (if any) of the innumerable Rhododendron species is a national symbol of Pakistan? Surely that distinction cannot be applied to the entire genus. -- Visviva 12:21, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
- The national flower of Pakistan is jasmine. The government web site of Azad Kashmir does not say what the state flower is. It does say that traditional carving motifs are dragons and lotus flowers. It seems like picking a living thing as a national emblem would be contrary to strict Islam (as idolatry.) R. campanulatum ssp. campanulatum (as distinct from ssp wallichii and ssp aeruginosum) can be found in Kashmir, perhaps even Azad Kashmir. R. lepidotum also occurs in Kashmir but is unlikely to be the state flower since it only grows high in the mountains. It is likely that there are other rhododendrons in Kashmir since it is so close to Nepal and thus close to the tremendous diversity of rhododendron species in the eastern Himalayas. No rhododendron is a national symbol of Pakistan as a whole. Bob 06:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- The picture in the article by Molyneux shows a rhododendron in Kashmir with pink flowers. R. campanulatum has white to purple flowers. I can not find a large leaved rhododendron in that part of the world with pink flowers. My suspicion is that the painting is a romanticized vision rather than an accurate representation of rhododendrons in Kashmir. I can not confirm my suspcions since it is highly unlikely that I or anyone I know will ever visit any part of Kashmir. Bob 07:20, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tsutsusi
Subgenus Tsutsusi: about 15 species; type Rhododendron indicum. Is this correct? ja:サツキ is about Rhododendron indicum, and it says ツツジ, which normally romanized is "tsutsuji". "Tsutsusi" is not a normal romanization of anything, but "Tsutsushi" (or "Tutusi") would be the closest one to it. I've no idea about plants, I just came to look if there was an English article for サツキ (too bad there isn't).. -- 82.103.215.236 01:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Deer
I was looking in this article to see if deer eat Rhododendron. I would like to plant on Long Island, New York, but worry about the deer population eating them. It would be good to include in the article too. -- K72ndst 23:42, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
