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‘Versicolor’

Name:
‘Versicolor’
Seed parent:
‘Speciosum’
Pollen parent:
‘Variegatum’
Flower size:
unknown
Flower colour:
unknown
Type:

Belgian indica

Year registered:
1846

Links:
Deutsche Genbank Rhododendron

Notes:
In 1839, the Mr. Van Geersdale distinguished horticulturist fertilised the flowers of an azalea indica, var. speciosa, with the pollen of an azalea indica, var. variegata.
Versicolor Belgian indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Van Houtte
Versicolor Belgian indica azalea flowers
Versicolor Belgian indica azalea flowers
Hereditary Tree
‘Versicolor’
‘Speciosum’‘Variegatum’
R. indicum‘Phoeniceum’‘Lateritium’
R. scabrumR. mucronatumR. indicum
R. ripenseR. macrosepalum




Sports:
‘Comte Charles de Kerchove de Denterghem’, sport of ‘Versicolor’

Offspring:
‘Vervaeneanum’, cross: ‘Königin der Weissen’ x ‘Versicolor’
‘Pharailde Mathilde’, cross: ‘Königin der Weissen’ x ‘Versicolor’

Partial Siblings:
‘Iveryanum’, seedling of ‘Variegatum’
‘Gledstanesii’, seedling of ‘Variegatum’