Rhododendron horlickianum Davidian

Epiphytic or free-growing shrub, to 3 m; young shoots setose. Leaves 8.5–10 × c.3 cm, narrowly elliptic, apex long-acuminate, margin ciliate, upper surface with midrib impressed, lower surface covered with lax dark scales. Flowers 2–3, in a lax terminal inflorescence; calyx more or less disc-like, fringed with setae; corolla white flushed pink, with a yellow blotch inside, funnel-campanulate, 60–70 mm, outer surface pubescent, especially on tube, scaly, more densely so on lobes; stamens 10; ovary densely scaly, tapering into the scaly style. Flowering April. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Myanmar N

Habitat 1,200–2,150 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H2

Conservation status Data deficient (DD)