Rhododendron dimitrum Balf.F. & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, 2–4 m tall; branches stout; young shoots glabrescent. Petiole cylindric, ca. 10 mm, glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, 4–7 × 1.5–2.5 cm; base cuneate or obtuse, narrowly decurrent; margin revolute; apex cuspidate; both surfaces glabrous; abaxial surface glaucescent; adaxial surface green; midrib prominent abaxially, lateral veins 15–17-paired, obscure. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 10–12-flowered; rachis 7–10 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 0.5–1 cm, densely dendroid-pubescent, eglandular; calyx pink, cupular; lobes 5, 3–5(–10) mm, oblique, oblong, triangular or ovate, fringed at margin; corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, deep rose, with crimson flecks, 3–4 cm, with 5 deep purple nectar pouches, outer surface glabrous, lobes 5, rounded emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1–2 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric-conoid, ca. 5 mm, densely tomentose; style 1.5–2 cm, lower 1/2 tomentose, stigma small. Capsule not known. Fl. Apr–May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 4.0
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron dimitrum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332339-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048699
COL ID 4SFSX
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Synonyms

Rhododendron dimitrum