Rév. de Bot. Appl. et d’Agric. Trop. 1929. 9(92): 256, t.11.
WFO ID: wfo-0000405645
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333509-1
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Shrub to 2m. Twigs 4–5mm in diameter, rounded, laxly scaly but quickly glabrescent. Leaves spirally arranged. Blade 140–190 x 55–80mm, elliptic; apex acute to obtuse, sometimes shortly acuminate; margin entire, flat; base tapering, broadly tapering to rounded; sparsely scaly and quickly glabrescent above, densely or sub-densely scaly beneath. Scales sub-stellate with a broad thin marginal zone and small slightly impressed centre. Mid-vein broadly raised above in the proximal 1⁄3 becoming impressed distally; strongly raised beneath throughout although becoming more slender distally; lateral veins 10–14 per side, very slightly raised on both sides when dry. Petiole 18–26 x 2–3mm, not grooved above, laxly scaly. Inflorescence 5–9 flowers in an umbel, red, without scent. Pedicels 38–42 x c.1mm, scaly without hairs. Calyx c.4–5mm in diameter, a low disc, glabrous. Corolla 70–80 x 60–80mm, funnel-shaped; tube 30–40 x 5–7 x 20–27mm, glabrous outside and inside; lobes 40–45 x 32–38mm, obovate, glabrous. Stamens c.40mm; filaments red; anthers up to 5mm, purple, oblong. Ovary c.10 x 4mm, cylindrical or slightly angled, hairy; style to 30mm, slender, glabrous, pink; stigma disc-shaped. Fruit fusiform, angled.
Vietnam, Khanh Hoa, Massif du Honba.
Epiphytic on trees or on peat on blocks of granite.
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:240