Rhododendron fallacinum
Section Malayovireya
Height - to 6m - epiphytic or terrestrial
Leaves - ovate - 16 x 5.5cm - scaly
Flowers - cylindrical to funnel-shaped - 2.5cm - up
to 35 per umbel - scaly
Location - Malaysia: Sabah: Mt. Kinabalu, Mt. Trus Madi
& Crocker Range; Sarawak: Mt. Mulu
1220-2600m
Epithet - "fallacious" - species unrecognized
for some years due to deceptive likeness
to R. durionifolium.
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Rhododendron flavoviride
Section Euvireya: Subsection Malesia
Height - to 10m - terrestrial
Leaves - broadly elliptic - 7 x 3.3cm
Flowers - curved tubular - 5cm - up to 6 per umbel
Location - Indonesia: W. New Guinea: Oranje Mts; Kajan
Mts & near Lake Habbema - 3200m
Epithet - L. "flavus" -pale yellow, "viridi"
- green, alluding to the flower colour
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