Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 9:255 (1929)
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Shrub, 3-5 m. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering to base and apex, 50-80 x 20-40 mm, margins somewhat loriform-ciliate, dark green above, brownish beneath with dense almost contiguous scales; petioles loriform-ciliate. Inflorescence 5-6-flowered, pedicels sparingly lepidote, markedly recurved in fruit. Calyx disc-like, glabrous. Corolla white with 5 yellow lines on the tube, c. 40 mm, glabrous. Stamens 10, filaments pubescent towards the base. Ovary lepidote, tapering into the style which is sparsely lepidote.near the base.
Laos
Hillsides
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):54