Hooker’s Kew Journ. 5:346 (1853)
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Usually an epiphytic shrub, rarely on rocks, up to 2 m. Young growth with a dense indumentum of twisted and matted loriform setae. Leaves narrowly ovate to ovate-oblong, acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, very hard and leathery, 78-112 x 38-52 mm, upper surface with dense, matted loriform setae on the midrib (and rarely secondary veins), margin loriform-ciliate, lower surface with dark brown, close, ± equal scales. Inflorescence (3-)4-6(-10)-flowered, pedicels stout, up to 15 mm, covered with matted loriform setae. Calyx lobes green, ovate to oblong, (7-) 10-15 mm, lepidote and loriform-ciliate. Corolla campanulate, dull to bright yellow, sometimes spotted, 25-27 mm, tube 15-16 mm, lepidote on the lobes and tube outside, pilose within the tube. Ovary lepidote. Capsule ± ovoid, up to 15 mm
India (Arunachal Pradesh), China (S Xizang)
Forests and scrub
R. mishmiense Hutchinson & Kingdon Ward, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 16:173 (1931). Type: Assam, Mishmi hills, Delei valley, 7-8000 ft, Kingdon Ward 8046 (holo. E)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):134