Reinwardtia 1960. 5: 70.
WFO ID: wfo-0000400685
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332624-1
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Shrub to 1m. Twigs slender, rounded, scaly when young; internodes 0.5–6cm. Leaves 3–4 together in pseudowhorls at the upper nodes. Blade 50–75 x 25–40mm, elliptic; apex broadly and obtusely acuminate; margin slightly revolute proximally; base tapering, sub-densely and persistently scaly beneath; laxly scaly initially, finally glabrescent above. Scales small, round, entire or nearly so, yellowish, somewhat impressed. Mid-vein a little impressed above; beneath strong and very prominent in the proximal part, gradually less so distally; lateral veins 4–6 per side at an acute angle with the mid-vein, obscurely anastomosing, slightly impressed above, raised beneath, reticulation obscure. Petiole 4–20 x c.1.5mm, semi-circular, rugose. Bracteoles filiform, very sparsely scaly. Inflorescence a c.8-flowered open umbel. Pedicels c.10 x 0.5mm, slender, sub-densely covered with pale yellow scales. Calyx c.2.5mm in diameter, sub-obliquely disc-shaped, wavy, very shortly 5-lobed. Corolla tubular, 50–55mm, red; tube 35–40 x 3 x 10mm, straight or slightly curved, laxly to sub-densely covered with small yellowish scales outside, very laxly hairy and sparingly scaly inside; lobes 10–15 x 5–7mm, obovate or elliptic-obovate, spreading, very sparsely scaly outside, glabrous inside. Stamens well exserted from the mouth; filaments filiform, sparsely hairy especially proximally, glabrous distally or completely glabrous; anthers 2–3 x 1mm, obovate-oblong, base obtuse. Disc glabrous. Ovary c.5 x 1.7mm, elongate-conical, very densely scaly, gradually tapering distally; style to 50mm, sparsely scaly to the top; stigma shortly obconical, small.
Papua New Guinea, Ogeramnang in the Sattelberg–Saruwaged area, and Purosa in the Okapa area, Eastern Highlands.
Locally common, a high epiphyte in mixed rain forest
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:63