Rhododendrons

dendricola

Rhododendron dendricola
Maddenia subsection
Syn: R. taronense
H1
Height: straggly shrub to 4.5m high.
Flowers: funnel-shaped, to 100mm long, white often with a greenish, yellow or orange blotch/flare and/or flushed pink, usually fragrant.
May
Leaves: narrowly-elliptic to narrowly obovate, 70-120mm x 30-50mm, lower surface with scales.
Distribution: N. Burma, Arunachal Pradesh, SE Tibet, NW Yunnan. 900 - 3000m.
Epiphytic or terrestria on rocks, cliffs, fortest margins and rocky slopes

Evan's Form
Photo: Chip Lima