Description

Shrub of 3 m or more. Leaves oblong-elliptic, tapered to a shortly rounded base and to the obtuse apex, 150-190 x 40-55 mm, the lower surface with slightly unequal scales about their own diameter apart. Inflorescence 3-4-flowered, pedicels c. 20 mm, densely lepidote. Calyx conspicuous, rather deeply 5-lobed, the lobes ± ovate, rounded at the apex, lepidote towards the base, glabrous. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white, c. 100 mm, the tube 75-80 mm, lepidote outside. Stamens (12-)15, much shorter than the corolla lube, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary densely lepidote, tapered into the style which is lepidote in the lower part. Capsule unknown.

Distribution

China (SW Yunnan)

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References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):36