Technical Details

For those interested in the technical side.

Rhododendra contains 17,488 unique plant entries. The site includes 14,459 photographs.

• The backend is written in Java using Spring Boot.
• Search is built using Apache Lucene.
• The frontend uses HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Thymeleaf.
• The project is hosted on AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, and CloudFront.
• The source code is open-source and available on GitHub.

Rhododendra is still growing. New features, data improvements, contribution tools, and moderation workflows are being developed as time and resources allow.