Description

Erect shrub, 0-6-2 m. Young growth loriform-setose, the setae usually quickly deciduous. Leaves narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, tapered to the base, acute at the apex, 40-60(-80) x 16-27 mm, lower surface brownish but with rather lax scales. Inflorescence l(-2)-flowered, pedicels lepidote. Calyx variably lobed or almost disc-like, not usually persistently loriform-ciliate. Corolla white or faintly flushed pink, (50~)55-65(-70) mm, tube 25-35 mm, pubescent towards the base, laxly lepidote over most of the surface. Capsule lepidote, oblong-cylindric, up to 20 mm.

Distribution

China (NW & W Yunnan), ne Burma.

Altitude

Habitat

Rocks, cliffs, thickets, and on trees

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):50