Rhododendron praetervisum Sleumer

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'Rhododendron praetervisum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-praetervisum/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Genus

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

pendent
Hanging.

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'Rhododendron praetervisum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rhododendron/rhododendron-praetervisum/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Shrub to 2 m, usually epiphytic; young twigs covered in small brown or transparent scales but soon smooth. Leaves 5–7 × 2–3 cm, elliptic or ovate, the apex rounded or retuse, the margin entire, broadly recurved, the base broadly to narrowly tapering; upper surface at first with small silvery scales, quickly glabrescent, the midrib impressed, lateral veins 3–4 pairs rather obscure, lower surface with the midrib raised throughout its length, the laterals smooth, scales rather sparse and small, deeply lobed and with small centres. Flowers 3–7 per umbel, hanging vertically or nearly vertically down; calyx a low angular slightly scaly disc; corolla pink or pinkish violet, long cylindrical, only slightly curved 5–7.5 × 2.7–3.5 cm, minutely scaly outside; stamens 10, spreading in the mouth of the flower on the lower side; ovary hairy and with rather obscure scales, style glabrous. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  Malaysia Borneo (Sabah, Kinabalu and the Crocker Range)

Habitat 1,100–1,800 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H2

Conservation status Least concern (LC)

A beautiful and easily grown species with the longest pendent flowers of any Vireya. Previously confused with R. Jongiflorum (see notes under that species for distinctions). Royal Horticultural Society (1997)