Herbarium catalogue

wun ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Ta Re 7881 re) RS poe I 99 [--9--) GARDEN EDINBURGH 10 PE fs) i) copyright reserved Eee oa Cultivated Plants Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Ericaceae Rhododendron macgregoriae F.Muell. 'Tom Grieve' Living collection info.: Garden Collector: Galloway, Louise E No. 6 Accession number & Qualifier: 19875220*A Collected: 02 MAY 2007 Garden Location: P10 - RBGE Research Collection Garden Description: Flowers in umbellate truss, 10--15 flowers per truss. Flowers short tubular campanulate. Corolla 10--25 x 20--30 mm; lobes 5, margins flat. Flower-buds green. Corolla inside and out yellow-orange 16A (1995). Calyx 1 mm, green. Anthers dark brown. Leaves ovate-elliptic, 50--140 x 25--50 mm, margin decurved, broadly tapering at base, apex shortly acuminate; indumentum scales, silver when young maturing to brown. Plant 0.8 x 0.5 m. Flowering period irregular, mostly spring. Hardiness tender. RHS Certificate of International Registration 23 July 2007. Named after one of the RBGE garden staff. Source / donor: Woods, P. Verified by Argent, George C. 18 MAY 2007 Rhododendron macgregoriae F.Muell. Tom Grieve' Grown on from original wild collection: Collector: Woods, P.J.B. Location: PAPUA NEW GUINEA.