Publ. Gov. Lab. Philip. 1905. 29: 41.
WFO ID: wfo-0000405573
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333620-1
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Epiphytic shrub, to 80cm, with a thick, simple or but slightly branched stem. Twigs c.4mm in diameter, scaly. Leaves spirally arranged. Blade 90–120 x 35–50mm, elliptic; apex acuminate or acute; margin flat; base broadly tapering to almost rounded, glabrescent above, scaly below. Mid-vein thick and prominent, raised above in the proximal ½, raised below almost to the apex. Petiole 12–15 x 3–4mm, ungrooved, scaly. Inflorescence 3–4-flowered. Pedicels c.15mm, glabrous. Calyx reduced to an obscure disc. Corolla 30–40 x 30–55mm, campanulate, yellow flushed with orange; tube 15–25 x 12 x 25mm, glabrous both outside and inside; lobes c.30 x 22mm, sub-circular. Stamens c.18mm, distributed irregularly around the mouth, exserted 2–3mm; filaments hairy proximally; anthers c.4mm, linear, without any basal apiculus. Disc with a few hairs at the top. Ovary 8mm, scaly, without hairs, abruptly contracted distally; style c.12mm, glabrous, lying on the lower side of the tube.
Philippines, Luzon, Bataan Province, Mt Mariveles; Rizal Province, Montalban; Nueva Vizcaya Province, Carballo Sur Mountains. Possibly also from Mindoro at Ibolo (Copeland 1929). Camiguin Island, near Mindanao.
Epiphyte in moss forest, or terrestrial in montane grassland. Apparently rare.
Argent, G. (2006) Rhododendrons of subgenus Vireya. RHS:London. Page:284