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‘Kinku Saku’

Name:
‘Kinku Saku’
Seed parent:
R. simsii
Pollen parent:
‘Seigaiha’
Flower size:
average
Flower colour:
purple
Type:

Belgian indica

Hybridizer:
Hortibreed N.V.
Year registered:
2005

Links:
Deutsche Genbank Rhododendron

Notes:
The R.simsii in the parentage almost certainly refers to Belgian indica cultivars, likely unnamed seedlings that were already crossbred with ‘Seigaiha’ to become carriers of the thin leaf mutation. Not to a wild-type R.simsii.
Possibly named ‘Kinei’ (錦英) in Japan.
Kinku Saku Belgian indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Odo Tschetsch
Kinku Saku Belgian indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Odo Tschetsch
Kinku Saku Belgian indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Odo Tschetsch
Kinku Saku Belgian indica azalea flowers
Image credit:
Odo Tschetsch
Hereditary Tree
‘Kinku Saku’
R. simsii‘Seigaiha’
R. macrosepalum




Partial Siblings:
‘Dream’, cross: R. simsii x R. mucronatum
‘Azalea indica’, seedling of R. simsii
‘Furious Fujiori’, cross: ‘Terra Nova’ x ‘Seigaiha’