Connor Ryan
connorryan.bsky.social
Connor Ryan
@connorryan.bsky.social
Rhododendron and azalea farmer at Holden Forests and Gardens and the David G Leach Research Station.

Germplasm use, distribution, and enhancement for gardens, conservation, and research. Near Cleveland, Ohio, USA. We want to share plants!!
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Hi... I'm Connor. My team breeds and conserves rhododendrons and azaleas capable of surviving our climate in Northeast Ohio.
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Rhododendron Research Network Rockin’ Around the Clock
May 29-30, 2025

A FREE virtual convention highlighting a global community of researchers, conservationists and members of the public working in genus Rhododendron 🪴🧪🌺

Convention schedule and registration:
medeiroslab.com/2025-virtual...
March 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Greenhouse is filling up. Come see these plants 6 inches taller as our summer intern! The last one here under internships: holdenfg.org/career-and-i...
January 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Over the last couple years our program introduced 6 rhododendron hybrids to the nursery trade. Under Dr. David Leach's direction, the program introduced a multitude of fancy rhododendrons hardy to zone 5.

You may know Capistrano, Hong Kong, Janet Blair, Crete, Anna H. Hall, Rangoon, Party Pink, etc
December 20, 2024 at 10:55 PM
For those interested in working at a US botanical garden, this is a great resource that I checked compulsively while job hunting: www.publicgardens.org/jobs/

All kinds of jobs, and a slew of internships are showing up now.

#publicgarden #botanicalgarden #horticulture #plantbiology #botany #jobs
Jobs
PUBLIC GARDENS CAREER CENTER Our Career Development Center is the most comprehensive resource of its kind for the public horticulture industry—providing position openings in botanic gardens, arboreta,...
www.publicgardens.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Now that my house is covered in 2.5+ feet of snow, I NEED the most useful Twitter account over here
Someone get the National Weather Service over here. It's the only thing keeping me on Twitter.
December 1, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Cutting propagations tend to be out of sync with typical phenology. Here's Rhododendron ripense, a Japanese species we're interested in for neutral-high pH tolerance.
November 27, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Reposted by Connor Ryan
EV: Two new species of Vireya Rhododendron (Ericaceae), from Tambrauw, Papua, Indonesia by Mambrasar et al. The image shows R. mulyaniae, provisionally assessed as Critically Endangered due to fire, agriculture and human activities.
https://vist.ly/3mm2eez
@nordicoikos.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Wonderful to see given my dogs destroy all my houseplants
The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺

Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@pollinet.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Our two light carts currently represent over a year's worth of hand pollinations and wild seed collections. Rhododendrons and azaleas (and all Ericaceae? - there's Agarista and Kalmia there too) are frustratingly tiny for months. Flowers in 2-5 years. #seeds #propagation #horticulture #botanicgarden
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Someone get the National Weather Service over here. It's the only thing keeping me on Twitter.
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Is there a general horticulture starter pack? Or a woody plants one? #horticulture #starterpack And also a propagation one!
November 19, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Hi... I'm Connor. My team breeds and conserves rhododendrons and azaleas capable of surviving our climate in Northeast Ohio.
November 16, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Rhododendron kaempferi 'Dorsett', collected wild in Japan in 1930. Blooms in spring and fall. Named after PH Dorsett, a plant collector for USDA.
November 15, 2024 at 11:33 PM