Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 10: 110 (1917).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 2-8m; young shoots rufous-tomentose. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 8-22 X 3.6-8cm, 2.2-3.5 x as long as broad, apex ± rounded, apiculate, base cuneate, upper surface glabrous when mature, lower surface with a dense bistrate indumentum, the upper layer fulvous, largely composed of capitellate hairs, giving the surface a granular appearance, the lower stellate-velutinous, whitish; petioles l-2cm, with a compacted tomentum intermixed with some stipitate glands. Inflorescence 10-20-flowered; rhachis 10-15mm; pedicels 20-30mm, slender, glabrous. Calyx c.0.5mm, glabrous. Corolla campanulate, white to pink, usually with a basal blotch, with or without purple or crimson flecks, 25-45mm. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 25-40 x 4—5mm, strongly curved.
China (W Yunnan, SE Xizang), and adjacent ne Upper Burma.
Rhododendron thickets, etc.
R. fulvoides Balfour f. & Forrest, Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12: 112 (1920). Type: China, NW Yunnan, Mekong/Salween divide, 11000ft, x 1914 Forrest 13400 (holo. E)
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):366