Reinwardtia 1960. 5: 142.
WFO ID: wfo-0000400258
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332928-1
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Shrub to 50cm. Twigs c.1mm in diameter, sub-densely sub-stellately scaly; internodes 2–5cm. Leaves 3–5 together in pseudowhorls, or spirally arranged, close together in the upper 1⁄3 of the internodes. Blade 14–20 x 3–4mm, very narrowly ovate-elliptic; apex shortly acuminate, minutely apiculate; margin sub-crenulate with impressed scales, sub-revolute; base broadly tapering; laxly scaly on both sides initially, becoming glabrescent above, persistently scaly beneath. Scales with the marginal zone variously sub-stellately lobed; centre minute and slightly impressed. Mid-vein slightly impressed above, prominent beneath; lateral veins obscure. Petiole c.2mm, slender, scaly. Bracts to 20 x 6mm, glabrous, membranous, red-brown, shining, ovate; the upper with a 5–6mm subulate point. Inflorescence of solitary or paired flowers. Pedicels c.18mm, slender, densely stellate-scaly. Calyx c.2mm in diameter, oblique, disc-shaped, obscurely lobed. Corolla c.35mm, fleshy, red; tube c.25 x 4 x 8mm, cylindrical, slightly curved, glabrous inside and out, base lobed; lobes 8–9 x 5–6mm, erecto-patent, broadly obovate. Stamens unequal, exserted to c.2mm; filaments linear, glabrous; anthers obovate, 1–1.3mm. Disc glabrous. Ovary cylindrical-fusiform, very densely scaly, without hairs, c.6 x 2mm, gradually tapering distally; style c.14mm, slender, scaly at the base only, glabrous distally; stigma globose.
Indonesia, New Guinea (W), Idenburg R., Bernhard Camp. Epiphytic on tall trees in mossy forest
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:225