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16 Apr 2017

Rhododendron kesangiae var album

Rhododendron kesangiae var album is a beautiful and relatively large leaved species was my first and only encounter and the only one still with newly opened…

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BhutanLeavesFlowersEricaceaePlants

14 Apr 2017

Rhododendron falconeri

Rhododendron falconeri is perhaps the most impressive of all the rhododendron species I encountered during my travel in Bhutan. Not because it was such a huge…

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BhutanRanunculaceaeFlowersPlants

14 Apr 2017

Adonis davidi

This adonis davidi came as a total surprise to me, and only because I finally encountered a rhododendron plant with white flowers accessible to me on the…

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BhutanFlowersPlantsEricaceae

14 Apr 2017

Rhododendron thomsonii

There are many species of rhododendron that might pass you by when you’re faced with huge trees of them in bloom so lavishly that you cannot keep your eyes off…

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BhutanFlowersPlantsEricaceae

14 Apr 2017

Rhododendron arboreum

You can get a lot of information on the local weather patterns and precipitation by simply looking at the type of vegetation, and in some places you will know…

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BhutanPlantsLeavesFlowersEricaceae

14 Apr 2017

Rhododendron kesangiae

My previous encounter of rhododendron kesangiae was carrying one inflorescence with flowers just opening, but was exceedingly hard to get up and close to. I…

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BhutanPlantsPrimulaceaeFlowers

8 Apr 2017

Drumstick primrose (Primula denticulata)

As with a large number of plant species in Bhutan and Himalaya as a whole, the drumstick primrose (Primula denticulata) is a hugely popular garden plant in…

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BhutanPlantsEricaceaeFlowers

8 Apr 2017

Rhododendron arboreum var. Roseum

Most of us in the western world, and perhaps in particular in Europe, are familiar with the Rhododendrons in gardens and parks and think of them as some of…

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