My first lecture ever delivered in washed-out trainers, with broken and dirty nails, no make-up and the sun straight into my eyes ;))) But it was all genuine and right next to the subject! Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share some of the knowledge with your fans, Peter!

Good morning Sunday breakfast club

Wow..know I know more about Azaleas..thx for sharing Peter 👍. Can't wait for more...

I have been waiting for this episode for years now. Thank you Olga and Peter for explaining what's the difference between the satsuki and the normal azalea. Indicum vs simsi and japonicum azalea. THANK YOU!

Another awesome educational and enjoyable post, thank you.

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 thanks Peter

I love the effort Mr Chan goes to, even his shirt matches the doctors tattoo 🙂

I really loved it that Olga went into the science of satsuki :) It was pleasant to watch you two together!

Really enjoyable conversation between the two of you. Great knowledge this lovely lady has about rododendron/azalea’s. Thank you all for the fun and interesting content!

What a great video. And such beautiful variation in the flowers. Good to see Peter in his fancy shirt looking smart! Happy day!

How wonderful is nature? Outstanding beauty.

Very good information

You are looking great Mr. Chan in this hot 2022 summer!!

Outstanding.

Very, very interesting video. I wish we'll get the chance to hear Dr. Pettersson discussing about other species popular for bonsai such as junipers, pines and japanese maples.

Could you please make video about how to make Satsuki azalea bonsai?

Very informative.

Hello thank you for this video really interesting from Guatemala

Heron Bosnia should collaborate with Matt Powers and Dr. Pettersson

A beautiful Sunday morning to you all Breakfast Clubbers! This one is going to be great! Edit: Thank you Dr Pettersson, a fascinating insight. Maybe Peter should do some more experiments and collate his results!

so interesting , thank you both,

That was very informative I learnt a lot from. Thank you Peter and Dr for sharing

Beautiful bonsai my favourite 😍

Beautiful trees ❤️

Thanks for the knowledge you share !!!

Such wealth of information from the very educated lady.

Fascinating episode. The scientific background is very interesting. Thank you for this deep dive into satsukis.

Great information about Azeala there.Well done Dr Peterrson

Thank you for this discussion and for bringing in Dr. Pettersson. Part of the reason I fell in love with plants and trying to do Bonsai was my interest in science. This was fascinating to me!

I so enjoy seeing Peter delightfully stumped on the alchemy of genetic mutations and environmental conditions that Dr. Petterson explains, combine to influence the color of Satsuki azalea flowers branch to branch on the same tree.

This was a really great talk through concerning Satsuki Azalea from Dr Petterson 🙏

Deepfull subject...

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Very well explained and entertaining video. Love it

Very interesting to know about biology and genetics of rodhodendron

🌹🏵💮🌸💐🌺🌻🌼🌷🌱🌲🌳🍁🍀🌿🌾wow .. So smart 😇the explanation is until genetik level.This is deepening that needs to be understood more for all bonsai lover/bonsai maker😇

More please!!

Thank you Peter and Dr. Pettersson. I was given a Satsuki Azalea (Azalea 'Shiryu-no-Homare') a year ago. Your discussion was really helpful. Now I understand why it bloomed so heavily in the hot spot I put it without thinking. This Azalea LIKES heat!

This was very interesting. Thanks to you both!

Thank you Peter and Angela - that was fascinating!! One question about air layering and cuttings - Angela mentioned the need the roots have for mycelium - do we need to add specific mycelium to cuttings and air layers to get health roots?

6:20 No. red does not go to pink. Red stays red. But pink with stripes can become pink without stripes, stay the same, or become entirely red. It is a one way street. white -> white with pink stripes -> pink -> pink with red stripes -> red. How many stripes you get depends on probability and maybe on the conditions while the flower buds grow and form. The stripes you see in the flower also occur in all other tissues. You can see stripes in the leaves as well during autumn, when chlorophyll breaks down. If a branch contains a red striped tissue, and new side-branch grows from exactly that red tissue, the entire branch will have red flowers only. If you propagate from that pink-with-red stripes branch, you may get entirely pink flowers. Or you may get the pink with the red stripes. And if the plant gets larger, you may get an entirely solid-red branch on there as well. So you propagate from lightest coloured branches. Preferably white. If you propagate that Issho no Haru 2:33, you propagate from the off-white flowered branches. If you get a branch with a jewel border/fukurin flower, or entirely purple flower, you will never get the very pale flowers with the pink stripes or sectors. If you propagate from a white flower with stripes, you may get entirely white flowers because the conditions during flower bud formation as well as the luck factor don't generate any stripes for that year. But eventually you will get stripes.

I only have one multi color azalea japonica and that is a small one so it is eazy for me to see the flowers on the branch change from year to year and you can not plan the same color on it from year to year but i dont have a real satsuki

Hi, when's the best time to take cuttings from Azalea species?

Can you do a video on can any tree be a bonsai please

I still don’t see Azalea as a tree. I respect your opinion .

The attraction of Satsuki’s is the surprise you get every year! It would be a shame to develop mono-coloured plants!

Wow

If we were to look for scientific papers on azadendrons, what would be the correct search terms for good hits? I am still baffled that genes and coding mechanisms roughly can place arms and legs on a fetus correctly and that a low number of amino acids can create such diverse designs. The cool thing about the pigmentation here is that there are so many variables, from genes, enzymes in the environment to different solar radiation effecting the flowers. These properties seems to have either been bred out of other species, streamlining their gene pools, or not have been present in the initial gene pool to begin with. Having looked into old swedish farming books, our single stem wheat and oats was once multistemmed, but were heavily selected into their present state.

Really nice interview! Question though: "All Satsuki's are Rhodondenron Indicum", but are all Rhodondendron Indicum also Satsauki, or is that not necessarily the case?

Never mind the flowers, I think the trees are at their best when bare.

Quanto custa uma árvore destas , azaléia?

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You can tell from Peter's face that he is not happy with some of these mysterious answers. I've never seen him confused about his own plants before.

I have an azalea that I have had since 2000... some pink flowers and some red... I was told it was indeed due to mycrorhizomes in the soil and the acidity of the soil🙃👍🏾❤️✊🏾

Can Satsukis grow in the tropics?

Great video and knowledge. I tell everyone to buy the book floral treasures of japan by alexander kennedy if they want a good book to read and go in depth. It helped me alot.

Beautiful colour. How long its blooms?

Glad she didn't take a bunch if trees out at tye beginning

Tradução Pará o português do Brasil GRATIDÃO 🙏👏

You guys got really somber talking about the one that doesn't like to get hot. Many hmmmmms

🌳Another great video Pete ! Shame about the inconvenient airplane ✈ pilot's! 😉👍

It could be possible that there are mutations inside of the stem-cells of the azaleas. There are stem cells on every apex (called meristems). Their daughter cells grow out to branches, leafs or flowers etc. So if the stem cell of a flower has a mutation in a gene that's responsible for the color, the flower could change the color. But the stem cells can not divide infinite and will be replaced after time. The new stem cell could be without the mutation and 'regenerate' the old color of the flower. That could be another explaination why there are different flower colors on a single tree, but i'm not a doctor 😂