R. brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii

Species

Botanical Synonyms	R. brachycarpum var tigerstedtii R. chrysanthum R. koreanum aff brachycarpum ( Tigerstedt )
Subgenus	Hymenanthes
Section	Pontica
Subsection	Pontica
Introduced	1931
First Described	1977 ( Nitzelius )
Origin	N. Korea Pungsan and N.E. Korea Mount Seorak
Epiphytic/Terrestrial	terrestrial
Mature Wild Height	250 cm. (8ft.)
Bloom Time	?
Flower	?
Flower Color	white
Fragrance	?
Leaves	?
Leaf persistence	Evergreen
Plant Hardiness	-15 C (5 F)
Flower Bud Hardiness	?
Additional Hardiness Info	H5
Extra Information	The name 'tigerstedtii' honours Dr. Carl Gustav Tigerstedt. (1886-1957), Helsinki, Finland. Nationality: Finnish. In 1931, arboretum Mustila in S-E Finland received rhododendron seeds from Korea. Dr. Tigerstedt started to use the name R. koreanum aff. brachycarpum, but never officially described it. Tor G. Nitzelius found in his 1976 expedition to Japan and Korea the original "tigerstedtii".

Title R. brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Harold Fearing Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 560, 28 KB medium 1600 x 1164, 97 KB Full 3561 x 2592, 1.2 MB
Title R. brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Harold Fearing Date Taken June 10, 2018 Location Fearing's Farm Nursery, Abbotsford, BC, Canada License CC BY-SA 4.0 Attribution Text: Harold Fearing via Rhododendra.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 Sizes small 768 x 514, 25 KB medium 1600 x 1070, 88 KB Full 5390 x 3604, 3.5 MB Description = ssp. brachycarpum
Title brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila Date Taken Location Arboretum Mustila, Finland License Copyright, Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila. Sizes small 768 x 576, 27 KB medium 1200 x 900, 156 KB Description The original plant from seeds in 1931
Title brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila Date Taken Location Arboretum Mustila, Finland License Copyright, Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila. Sizes small 768 x 590, 30 KB medium 1200 x 922, 184 KB
Title brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila Date Taken Location Arboretum Mustila, Finland License Copyright, Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila. Sizes small 768 x 576, 56 KB medium 1200 x 900, 241 KB Description from the original seeds in 1931
Title brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila Date Taken Location Arboretum Mustila, Finland License Copyright, Jaakko Saarinen courtesy of Arboretum Mustila. Sizes small 768 x 576, 115 KB medium 1200 x 900, 350 KB
Title brachycarpum ssp tigerstedtii Photo By Coen Zonneveld Date Taken May 17, 2009 Location Private garden, Diepenveen, Netherlands License Copyright, Coen Zonneveld. Sizes small 768 x 576, 58 KB medium 1200 x 900, 261 KB Description Is this really tigerstedtii? some doubts are raised in FinlandRaised from ARS Seed (op.)