Himalayan Rhododendron Bloom

About 10 years ago we planted this Himalayan Rhododendron. It took 6 years before there were any blooms and now it blooms every other year. So it is a treat to have it bloom. This is the first bloom that has begun to open and I suspect you will be seeing more of them. It is about 3" diameter right now,
Thanks for your visits, comments, suggestions, favs

[Diana]

A magnificent capture of this new to me variety. We used to have a garden full of Rhododendrons when still living in Germany. Looking forward to seeing the beautiful blooms, fav!

[Lisa Poland]

Can't wait to see the flower open. Such a beautiful plant. We have lots of rhododendrons and azaleas here, but I don't think I've seen this variety before.

[Linda Godwin]

apparently magnificent blooms take much more time to produce.The budtip looks like a tiny pineapple.

[Inga Johansson]

Interesting to see the flower in this stage, I think it looks delicate and contrasts to the "sad" leaves.

[Rob Z]

The full flower must look excellent perched on its little mountain of leaves.

[Islandgirl]

Pretty bloom!

[Marnie]

Oh wow, how amazing, don't know the plant, but it sounds pretty special.

[Milanie]

That is interesting to learn. Lovely plant

[Rick]

Cool capture.Nice and sharp.

[*lynn]

beautiful rich color

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[tony gig]

A lovely shot of nature.

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely sign of spring

[carol white]

A lovely shot, great focusing