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Introduction
This form is for use by North American registrants only (others, please see instructions). This form supersedes
all previous versions. Because it has been substantially revised, all registrants are strongly
advised to read the new application instructions. The instructions
include illustrations and a glossary. An asterisk (*) in the form indicates that the instructions include particular details
and advice for that section of the form. Registrants should review the instructions before completing that section. When the
application is submitted by pressing the "send" button, it will be automatically routed to the regional registrar. Paper copies
of the instructions may be obtained from the registrar via email request or at the address below.
There is no fee for registration of a plant name.
Photographs are not required but strongly encouraged (see instructions). Photographic prints should be sent to Michael Martin
Mills, Registrar of Plant Names, 632 Burnham Road, Philadelphia, PA 19119-3510. Questions and electronic images should be
directed to: arsregistrar@gmail.com.
Date of application:
Proposed plant name:
(A hybrid cultivar or a selected clone of a species may be named and registered.)
Type of plant (select one):
elepidote rhododendron
lepidote rhododendron
evergreen azalea
deciduous azalea
vireya (lepidote)
other:
Registrant information
Person submitting the application:
Address:
Phone(s):
Email:
If applicable, name and address of institution or organization to be recorded as registering the cultivar name:
Is a certificate of registration requested?
yes
no
Please note:
Throughout this form, indicate if any listed individual (e.g., hybridizer,
namesake, namer, etc.) is deceased by adding "deceased" after the name.
Plant history
* Complete either Section A or Section B, then proceed to Section C
Section A. Selected clone of a species
to be registered as a cultivar
* Species (including subspecies, etc.):
* Origin of plant:
Species selected by:
Year:
Address:
Section B. Selected clone of a hybrid to be registered
Seed parent:
Pollen parent:
* Complete appropriate line(s):
Hybrid hybridized by:
Year:
Address:
Hybrid selected by:
Year:
Address:
Section C. All plants:
Grown to first flower by:
Name:
Year:
Address:
Named by:
Name:
Year:
Address:
Commercial introducer: Name: Year:
Address:
* Other relevant plant history details:
Has the proposed name appeared in a printed publication with a description?
Yes
No
Unknown
If yes, when, where and by whom:
Has a description appeared in a printed publication under another name?
Yes
No
Unknown
If yes, when, where, by whom and what name(s):
Awards:
Trademarks or patents:
Propagation history (under what name or number, and extent of propagation, for example,
"minimal," "significant," "commercial"):
* Prior informal designations for the cultivar, including breeder’s numerical references, and any
other names for the cultivar:
* Etymology, meaning or derivation of proposed plant name:
* Flower details and colors
Elepidotes:
Number of flowers per single-bud truss:
Lepidotes, azaleas, azaleodendrons and vireyas:
Number of flowers per single-bud inflorescence:
Typical number of buds forming truss, terminal or cluster:
Typical number of flowers per truss, terminal or cluster:
* Truss dimensions (do not include pistil or stamens that extend beyond the flowers).
Truss height:
Truss width:
Truss shape:
dome
ball
conical
flat
lax
other shape:
* Corolla shape:
Corolla length: (flattened length from base to tip of lobe):
Corolla width (widest diameter, do not distort flower):
* Number of lobes (please see instructions for recording double or hose-in-hose lobes):
* Lobe shape:
* Lobe margin:
wavy
frilly
flat
* Doubling, if any:
* If applicable, noteworthy aspects of pistil and stamens:
Color chart used, with edition date if available (see instructions if using 2014 RHS Colour Chart):
Color:
* Bud (unopened corolla):
Inside of flower:
Color, form and location of interior marks (blotch, flare,
spots, etc.):
Outside of flower:
* Optional for evergreen azaleas: pattern of flower colors:
Calyx color:
* Calyx length:
Scent:
none
light
moderate
strong
Optional: characterize scent:
* Leaf details
Leaf shape:
elliptic
lanceolate
ovate
obovate
oblong
orbicular
oblanceolate
linear
other shape
Leaf: length:
width:
Base shape:
cuneate
rounded
oblique
cordate
other base shape
Tip shape:
acuminate
acute
broadly acute
obtuse
other tip shape
* Margin:
flat
wavy
upcurved
downcurved
other leaf margin
* Curvature:
Leaf color:
If applicable, distinctive new-growth color and/or fall color (color chart numbers desired but not required):
* Leaf surface:
glossy
semi-glossy
matte or dull
Other:
* Leaf indumentum type:
Indumentum color (young):
(mature):
Indumentum location:
Other indumentum information:
Plant characteristics
Shrub height:
Shrub width:
Years to reach above dimensions:
Shrub habit:
open
intermediate
dense
Leaves held:
growing seasons (for deciduous azaleas, leave blank)
Cold hardiness (indicate Celsius or Fahrenheit):
plant:
buds:
Heat tolerance if known:
* Flowering period
For all cultivars except vireyas:
Select one:
very early season
early season
midseason
late season
very late season
Also indicate specific month of flowering in registrant’s locale (add early, mid, or late if desired):
For vireyas:
Indicate any distinct cycle or pattern of blooming, and if it is specific to locale or culture:
* Comments and other plant features:
* Personal Data
What the Royal Horticultural Society does with your personal data.
In completing and submitting a cultivar registration form, you are supplying the Royal
Horticultural Society, as International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA), with
information ("personal data") that identifies you (and others).
By registering your plant with the RHS ICRA you agree to:
The RHS ICRA retaining your personal data (including your name and contact details) on
the RHS ICRA plant registration database This information being retained as a permanent record of your registration The publication of your name and abbreviated address (home town, county/state/province
and country) in print and online in connection with ICRA registration, unless the registration
is submitted in the name of an organization, such as a commercial nursery
The ICRA undertakes to hold all such personal data securely, in line with the RHS Privacy Statement.
I agree to the terms laid out above
Signature (typed):
Date:
Your address (town, state/province, country):
The following living persons are cited in the accompanying application for registration of a
rhododendron name. I affirm that I have sought their permission to include their personal data if these data
are not already in the public domain and that they have responded as indicated.
* If any individual is a minor child or otherwise is incapable of responding, please consult
the regional registrar, Michael Martin Mills (arsregistrar@gmail.com or 215-527-7145), before submitting this form.
* Photographic rights and release
Check box if a photograph is not submitted with plant name registration.
Leave the rest of this section blank.
Image(s) of [insert proposed plant name here]
are submitted to accompany this application. I agree for the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA)
for Rhododendron to make use of the image(s) for any scientific or educational purpose in relation to the
registration and correct naming of plants, whether through electronic or printed media. I also agree to allow
the American Rhododendron Society and its chapters to publish the image(s) in the Journal of the American
Rhododendron Society, at the ARS web sites, chapter newsletters, materials accompanying society or chapter plant sales, and in
electronic compilations of a noncommercial nature.
The copyright of the image(s) will remain with the original copyright holder.
Photograph copyright holder information:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
Email:
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