Flowers as big as bowls are nothing so very unusual, but some rhododendron trees bear as many as 10 to 20 on every inflorescence, bunched tightly together in an enormous ball like a bride's bouquet. One botanist illustrates their size by cupping his hands in the air and saying: "They're as big as a basketball!"
像碗還不稀奇，石楠單一花苞多則竄出一、二十朵鮮花，朵朵推擠簇擁著，一球球如新娘捧花，植物學者圈起兩手說「有籃球那麼大」，如此形容，雖嫌焚琴煮鶴，卻也非常具體。