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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 21, 2006


Rhododendron haematodes

The red flowers are somewhat nodding

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 21, 2006

Todd, that does look a lot like one I have called Titan. I wonder if it has been bred from that. They are still quite small, but getting established in pots, I bought one but got two (another subs.!) as young plants. It has taken a long time for their roots to establish.

Titan may be a little more flared, what do you think?

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 21, 2006

Titan is suppose to be a form of R. brookeanum which is a vireya type (ie subtropical)...yours does not look like a vireya. May be a mislabel.

Are the undersides of the leaves indumented? haematodes has creamy-fawn indumentum. Your hybird does look like is might be developed from haematodes but also might be a forrestii or sanguineum hybrid.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 21, 2006

Yes the leaves do have a light creamy-fawn indumentum.

The flower stem you can just see on the left flower looks to have the same brown-cinnamon 'mossy' effect too. The longest leaf is about 4.25".

They have been outside in all weather, so I wouldn't think it is tropical!

I just checked the label, it's been there a few years, written in pencil but it's Titan Beauty. I found some pics that do look the same, I got it (them) from Norfield's arboretum, they haven't got in in their last two catalogues, and like we sometimes do I had a clear out of the old ones.

The second link shows the form , mine is just like that (gangly) but a little taller, and the flowers have faded to that colour.

http://www.rhodoneumann.com/Rhododendron/Yakushimanum/Titan_Beau/titan_beau.html

http://www.blomhoej.dk/h/637/

I checked on the rhododendron.org site and they haven't listed it, so I'm still no wiser on it's breeding other than the breeder and year.

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 21, 2006

I can help....Titian Beauty (I was going to suggest that might be it)....note its TITIAN not TITAN. It is (R. facetum X Fabia Tangerine) XX (R. yakushimanum X Fabia Tangerine). Fabia Tangerine is R. dicroanthum X R. griersonianum. The hybrid is listed as hardy to -18 C (0 F). I might even be able to get away with it. The yak may be adding to your indumentum. Although similar to haematodes, there is no haematodes in your hybrid.

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 21, 2006

Thanks Todd! I had seen Titian but wasn't sure as they had spelt it Titan. It has a lot of parents in it!

We don't normally get -18C but it can happen. rarely below -5, sometimes -6, occasionally to -9.

I'll have to check PF.

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 22, 2006

Actually as far as rhody hybrids go, the parentage of Titian Beauty is rather uncomplicated....only 4 species involved. Some modern day ones have 10 or more species in the mix.

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