July 25, 2012 - Adinandra, some rhododendrons, and Schefflera

All the stuff that didn't fit elsewhere. First some flowers.

Nadia had Adinandra millettii on her list, because she was expecting it would have flowers. Douglas Justice tried to direct us to it a week or two ago, but something with big white flowers not two meters away called to us and we never found it. Maybe the flowers weren't out, and we couldn't remember what we were expecting to see. This week, we found it right where Douglas said it was, but across the path from where we were looking.



The Rhododendron auriculatum are in bloom. I'm not posting my photos of the one pink cluster we saw, and I'm not sure whether it's almost finished or just starting. The white one had a lot of buds and no flowers fully open yet. The ones in Stanley Park are past their prime now.


I'm still really into leaves - this Rhododendron bureavii is very handsome.


This Rhododendron luteiflorum is not a youngster, but it's quite slight. Nice bark.


This Schefflera delavayi inflorescences are just starting to develop. You can see Daniel Mosquin's photo of the expanded inflorescences just before the flowers open in the Schefflera delavayi Botany Photo of the Day.

 

About Adinandra millettii. Actually I saw this tree 2 weeks ago but I didn't recognize it, I expected to see flowers and I didn't, so why we missed it. Flowers are small and hidden under leaves. Last time we found this tree by smell. It is very fragrant plant, strong and pleasant. Flowers are small but beautiful. I would recommend to anybody see this rare tree, it is right time and hope my hint about fragrance helps to find it.

 

>Douglas Justice tried to direct us to it a week or two ago, but something with big white flowers not two meters away called to us and we never found it. Maybe the flowers weren't out, and we couldn't remember what we were expecting to see. This week, we found it right where Douglas said it was, but across the path from where we were looking<

You should have asked the beetle.