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‘Speciosum’
Name:
‘Speciosum’
Seed parent:
R. indicum
Pollen parent:
‘Phoeniceum’
Flower size:
unknown
Flower colour:
unknown
Type:
Azalea indica
Hybridizer:
William Smith
Country:
England
Year registered:
1830
Links:
Deutsche Genbank Rhododendron
Notes:
Synonym: 'Speciosissima' or 'Speciosissimum' William Smith hybrid. Either 'Speciosum' itself, or a sibling seedling, had a tendency to form double flowers. Which makes it one of the origins for double flowers in azalea indica.
Image credit:
British Flower Garden series 2 Vol3 1835
Image credit:
Paxton BM 1843 & Allgemeine Gartenzeitung
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Hereditary Tree
‘Speciosum’
R. indicum
‘Phoeniceum’
R. scabrum
R. mucronatum
R. ripense
R. macrosepalum
Offspring:
‘Versicolor’
, cross:
‘Speciosum’
x
‘Variegatum’
Partial Siblings:
‘Vuyk's Scarlet’
, cross:
R. indicum
x
‘Prins Bernhard’
‘Louise Gable’
, cross:
R. indicum
x
kaempferi x poukhanense
‘Hatsushimo’
, cross:
R. indicum
x
R. mucronatum
‘Copperman’
, cross:
R. indicum
x
‘Hazel Dawson’
‘Macranthum’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Glamour’
, cross:
R. indicum
x
‘Hazel Dawson’
‘Jimmy Coover’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Lateritium’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Danielsianum’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Crispiflorum’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Komane’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Otakumi’
, seedling of
R. indicum
‘Smithii’
, cross:
‘Phoeniceum’
x
‘Azalea indica’
‘Rawsonii’
, seedling of
‘Phoeniceum’
‘Coccinum’
, seedling of
‘Phoeniceum’
‘Ambrosii’
, cross:
‘Phoeniceum’
x
‘Smithii’
‘Pride of Mobile’
, seedling of
‘Phoeniceum’
‘Aphrodite’
, cross:
‘Malvaticum’
x
R. indicum
‘Herbertii’
, cross:
‘Danielsianum’
x
‘Phoeniceum’
