Rhododendron arboreum trees

"Oak forest below Landour, looking down to Pari Tibba and Jharipani and Rhododendron arboreum trees in Landour, Mussoorie, spring-time 2011. One can see the campus of Woodstock school, St. George's school, Jaybee Residency Manor and other Mussoorie landmarks. One of the most stately and impressive species of rhododendrons, the Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower color and leaf characteristics. Its species name arboreum means tree-like. It has broad, dark green leaves, 3-7in long, with a silvery, fawn or brown hairy coating beneath. In early- and mid- spring trusses of 15-20 bell-shaped flowers, 2in wide and 1.25-2in long are produced in scarlet color. They have black nectar pouches and black spots inside. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... wfi @ vsnl.com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com.
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