Rhododendron santapaui Sastry et al.

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Shrub to 1.5 m, epiphytic; young stems moderately densely brown-scaly, becoming glabrescent. Leaves 2.5–4.5 × 1–1.8 cm, narrowly obovate to elliptic, the apex acute to obtuse, somewhat downturned and minutely mucronate by a small protruding gland, margin flat or slightly revolute, the base narrowly tapering, upper surface with the midrib impressed to the apex, laterals 2–4 pairs, slightly impressed, the scales sparse, brown, the older surfaces glabrescent; lower surface with the midrib shallowly raised, the laterals obscure, scales moderately spaced, circular to slightly lobed, with a fairly broad flange and rather small centres. Flowers 1–4 per umbel, horizontal to half-hanging; calyx a low somewhat lobed, scaly disc; corolla white, short campanulate, 1–1.5 × 1.5–2 cm, sparsely scaly outside; stamens 10, protruding in a more or less regular group from the mouth; ovary densely silvery scaly, style glabrous. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)

Distribution  India NEFA, Subansiri District

Habitat 1,500–2,300 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H3

Conservation status Endangered (EN)

A pretty species now well established and widespread in cultivation. Royal Horticultural Society (1997)