| Barbed-Stalk Rhododendron |
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| File size | 594195 |
| Original date | 5/14/14 3:18 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.28mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 3.3 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-HX9V |
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Botanical name: Rhododendron barbatum Family: Ericaceae (Blueberry family)
Synonyms: Rhododendron lancifolium
Synonyms: Rhododendron lancifolium
Barbed-Stalk Rhododendron is a large shrub or a
small tree up to 6 m tall, with smooth greyish peeling bark, and young
shoots bristly haired. Flowers are blood-red wit h5 darker blotches in
the base. Flowers are borne in compact umbels, and are
tubular-bell-shaped, 5 petalled, 3 cm long. Stamens are 10, anthers
black purple. Leaves are elliptic-lanceshaped, up to 23 cm long,
shining above, woolly haired on the underside when young, smooth later.
Leaf stalks have long glandular bristles, giving them a barbed
appearance. Barbed-Stalk Rhododendron is found in the Himalayas, from
Uttarakhand to Bhutan, at altitudes of 2400-3600 m. Flowering:
April-June.
| Identification credit: Bharat Kumar Pradhan | Photographed in Yumthang Valley, & Tshoka-Dzongri, Sikkim. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,