Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. p 259
WFO ID: wfo-0000400043
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77073615-1
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Shrub to c.50cm. Twigs 4–5mm in diameter, rounded, sparsely scaly and quickly glabrescent. Leaves arranged in a loose spiral. Blade 95–150 x 22–40mm, elliptic to sub-spathulate; apex rounded; margin entire, revolute when dry; base narrowly tapering; glabrescent above, sub-densely and more persistently scaly below. Scales lobed, with a thin, broad marginal flange, and small slightly impressed centre. Mid-vein raised above in the proximal ¼–½; strongly raised below to within 10mm of the apex; lateral veins 6–10 per side, emerging at a wide angle, slender, often somewhat obscure. Petiole 14–18 x c.3mm, not grooved above, laxly scaly initially. Inflorescence of c.20 flowers in a slightly open umbel, the flowers half-hanging. Pedicels 22–30 x c.0.8mm, glabrous, orange. Calyx c.3.5mm in diameter, a low glabrous disc. Corolla c.25 x 20mm, funnel-shaped, dull red outside, pale orange inside, without scent; tube 10 x 3 x 6mm, glabrous outside, densely hairy in the proximal ½ inside; lobes c.11 x 6mm, broadly elliptic to oblong, erect, not overlapping. Stamens to 14mm, exserted to c.4mm, arranged regularly all round the flower, dimorphic; filaments hairy in the proximal 1⁄3, glabrous distally; anthers c.2mm. Disc 10-lobed, glabrous. Ovary 28 x 13mm, glabrous; style c.30mm, glabrous; stigma c.1.6mm in diameter, rounded, only weakly lobed.
Malaysia (Borneo), Sabah, Tawau Hills Park, Summit area of Mt Magdalene
Lower montane forest.
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:259