Gard. Chron. 1859: 868 (1859)
Verified by:
Shrub or tree, 3-10 m. Leaves broadly oblanceolate to obovate, 8-18 x 2.5-6cm, 1.7-4 x as long as broad, apex ± acute to rounded and mucronate, base rounded, lower surface glabrous except for persistent punctulate hair bases; petioles 1.2-3 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence 5-12-flowered; rhachis 15-40 mm; pedicels 25-40 mm, stipitate-glandular or glabrous. Calyx 1-3 mm, lobes minute, rounded, stipitate-glandular or glabrous. Corolla 7-lobed, open- to funnel-campanulate, glandular or glabrous outside, glabrous within, pale rose, sometimes becoming almost white, 55-70 mm. Stamens 14-16, filaments glabrous. Ovary and entire style stipitate-glandular. Capsule 25-40 x c. 12 mm, straight or curved. ** * Rhododendron fortune * var. * discolor * ** Leaves oblanceolate, 2.8-4 x as long as broad ** * Rhododendron fortune * var. * fortunei * ** Leaves obovate, 1.8-2.5 x as long as broad
Open woods, etc
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):234