Epiphytic and scandent shrub, glabrous. Branchlets obtusangular, +-slender, reddish and papillose at the tips. Leaves +-dense to elliptic, in part subobovate, apex shortly and broadly attenuate, obtuse to almost rounded, base broadly attenuate, basal glands indistinct, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, laxly blackish punctate beneath, minutely to more distinctly subserrate-crenulate, 2.5-5.5(-7) by 1.5-2.5 (rarely-4) cm, nerves 2-3 basal, slightly suprabasal, curved-ascending, and a few upper, equally ascending but much shorter nerves, all anastomosing and +-prominent on both faces, reticulation +-dense, finely raised on both faces or +-obscure; petiole 3-5 by 1-1.5 mm, +-flattened. Flowers axillary, 1-3(-6) per fascicle. Pedicel stoutish, 1-1.5 cm. Bracteoles at 1/3 or halfway. Calyx tube narrow-obconical, base +-rounded, c. 3 by 2.5 mm, limb much spreading, 1.5 mm, deeply 5-lobed, lobes ovate-acuminate, subacute. Corolla pink to red, sometimes green, tubular, thin, 1.5-2 cm by c. 4-5 mm, lobes finally reflexed, c. 2.5 mm. Stamens 6 and 5 mm; major stamens: filaments c. 3 mm, glabrous or papillose; cells oblong, granular, base obtuse, 4 mm including the +-divergent, 1.5 mm long tubules; connective indicated merely by some very short hairs at the back of the cells. Disk glabrous. Style very slender, glabrous, +-as long as the corolla.
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