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Pictured is a closeup view of a purple bloom of Satsuki azalea in the Gardens of the Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo on Lake Como. The bloom is wet with droplets of water. Satsuki azalea is a cultivar group of the species Rhododendron indicum, a type of azalea extensively cultivated and hybridized by the Japanese. It is native to the mountains of Japan.