 
 
Rhododendron nanophyton
Section Discovireya
Height - 2m - terrestrial
Leaves - elliptic - 0.7 x 0.25cm
Flowers - tubular - 2cm - solitary or in pairs
Location - Indonesia: Sulawesi: Latimodjong Range, Mt.
Rantemario - 3100-3300m
Epithet - "dwarf plant", although inapt
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Rhododendron nervulosum
Section Euvireya: Subsection Euvireya
Height - 1.5m - mostly terrestrial
Leaves - narrowly elliptic - 8 x 1.4cm
Flowers - funnel-shaped - 3.5cm - up to 5 per umbel
Location - Malaysia: Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu, Mt . Lotung
- 1900-3050m
Epithet - "with many veins" in the leaves
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Rhododendron niewenhuisii
Section Euvireya: Subsection Malesia
Height - 0.60m - mainly epiphytic
Leaves - narrowly elliptic - 8 x 3cm
Flowers - saucer-shaped - 4.5cm - solitary or in pairs
Location - Indonesia: Kalimantan; Brunei; Malaysia:
Sabah & Sarawak - 100-800m
Epithet - after Anton Nieuwenhuis, Dutch Professor of
Ethnology who first collected this
species in the 1890s.
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Rhododendron niveoflorum
Section Euvireya: Subsection Solenovireya
Height - 0.80m - mainly epiphytic
Leaves - obovate - 8 x 4cm - thick-leathery
Flowers - salverform - 5cm - up to 14 per umbel
Location - Malaysia: Sarawak: Bakelalan to Mt. Murud,
Mt. Murut, Mt. Api, Ulu Baram &
Batu Lawi; Sabah: Mt. Lumarku - 1300-2100m
Epithet - "snow flowered", alluding to the
colour of the flowers.
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Rhododendron nummatum
Section Discovireya
Height - 1.5m - terrestrial or epiphytic
Leaves - broadly obovate - 1.5 x 0.9cm
Flowers - tubular - usually pink or dark red - 3.5cm
- held singly or in pairs
Location - W. New Guinea & Papua New Guinea: along
the Main Range from Mt. Doorman
and the Hellwig Mts to Mt Victoria - 2000-3500m
Epithet - "rich" or "wealthy", alluding
to the leaves being rounded like coins.
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