‘Phoeniceum’

Name:
‘Phoeniceum’
Seed parent:
Pollen parent:
Flower size:
unknown
Flower colour:
unknown
Year registered:
1824
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Probably a form of 'Omurasaki'. Was one of the original breeding parents used to create the Belgian Indica azaleas.

Phoeniceum Azalea indica azalea flowers
Image credit: Curtis BM 1833
Phoeniceum Azalea indica azalea flowers
Phoeniceum Azalea indica azalea flowers
Phoeniceum Azalea indica azalea flowers
Phoeniceum Azalea indica azalea flowers
Hereditary Tree
‘Phoeniceum’
R. scabrumR. mucronatum
R. ripenseR. macrosepalum




Offspring:
‘Smithii’, cross: ‘Phoeniceum’ x ‘Azalea indica’
‘Rawsonii’, seedling of ‘Phoeniceum’
‘Coccinea’, seedling of ‘Phoeniceum’
‘Ambrosii’, cross: ‘Phoeniceum’ x ‘Smithii’
‘Speciosum’, cross: R. indicum x ‘Phoeniceum’
‘Herbertii’, cross: ‘Danielsianum’ x ‘Phoeniceum’

Full Siblings:
‘Omurasaki’, cross: R. scabrum x R. mucronatum

Partial Siblings:
‘Vittatum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Lilacinum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Everest’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’
‘Martha Hitchcock’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’
‘Fielder's White’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Vespers’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Keisetsu’
‘Alight’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Kagetsu’
‘Boldface’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Keisetsu’
‘Quakeress’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Vittatum’
‘Noordtianum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Ledifolia’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Yodogawa’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Shiro-manyo’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Schryderi’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Ledikanense’, cross: R. yedoense var. poukhanense x R. mucronatum
‘Ivory’, cross: kaempferi x mucronatum x R. mucronatum
‘Hatsushimo’, cross: R. indicum x R. mucronatum
‘Hazel Dawson’, cross: R. kaempferi x R. mucronatum
‘Arctic Fox’, cross: ‘Panda’ x R. mucronatum
‘Dream’, cross: R. simsii x R. mucronatum
‘Polar Sea’, cross: R. kaempferi x R. mucronatum
‘Mildred Mae’, cross: R. yedoense var. poukhanense x R. mucronatum