Description: English: Illustration of Rhododendron grande as scanned from the book Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya published in 1849-1851. Date: 2 December 2012, 17:11:51. Source: J. D. Hooker, Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya (1849-1851). Author: from a lithograph by Walter Hood Fitch, based on a sketch by Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Description: Rhododendron grande is a rhododendron species with a native range from eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan into central Arunachal Pradesh and southern Tibet. It grows at altitudes of 2100-3200 meters and reaches 6-15 meters in height in mixed forests. Flowers vary from cream to yellow to pink, spotted with a blotch on the top petal. Date: 8 September 2006, 12:11. Source: Rhododendron Grande.. Author: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand. Camera location45° 51′ 32.59″ S, 170° 31′ 19.11″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-45.859053; 170.521974.