azalea id please satsuki what??

[notae]

This is a satsuki but unsure what extended name is can anyone please help..

I think it may have been from ruth brown,

size of leaf is extremely small around sao tome

Flower very small single dark purple.

Purple/maroon petiole on new growth

[nealweb]

Hi Notae, Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.
The foliage sounds very small. Its not anything that I recognise. The flower looks double, lots of petals there.

[notae]

Sorry ..on closer view has 2 layers of petals..Only 1 branch is in flower.at present

[Mitchell]

Flower almost looks spot on to one of my Kurume's.

[nealweb]

Sorry ..on closer view has 2 layers of petals..Only 1 branch is in flower.at present

I'd still be guessing kurume, though I don't know of any with quite such small leaves as saotome. There aren't many satsuki with that many petals. There are a few satsuki/kurume crosses. Its very beautiful anyway, strong bright flower colour and with the small leaves its sure to make a great bonsai subject

[AnneK]

Hi Notae,

Could this possibly be Hastagiri? Unfortunately that doesn't make it a Satsuki.

Regards, AnneK

[kcpoole]

Flower almost looks spot on to one of my Kurume's.

Same here
At least I assume mine is Kurume as it is in flower now

Ken

[fezmo]

Looks almost identical to my kurume, which is just starting to flower. Really nice flowers.

[Gerard]

Hope you do not mind me adding my own to this thread

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Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.

I am new to azaleas and perhaps I have wrongly identified this one which is in full flower now.
I thought it might be satsuki 'gumpo"

[Gerard]

perhaps it may be indica, gumpo

[archie1979]

Here is a great Azalea website if you sift through the species you may find the one you are looking for.


http://www.satsukimania.net/index.php/t ... ation.html

Archie

[nealweb]

Hope you do not mind me adding my own to this thread

006.jpg

Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.

I am new to azaleas and perhaps I have wrongly identified this one which is in full flower now.
I thought it might be satsuki 'gumpo"

its not the satsuki Gumpo. Probably an ordinary indica I think (Satsuki are also indica). Gumpo is pretty variable, some are white and some pink and some both, it also seems to be a convenient name for anything that a nursery is unsure about too. Here's a pic of gumpo from the net...

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