Technical Details

For those interested in the technical side.

Rhododendra contains 17,574 unique plant entries. The site includes 17,563 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.

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