Rhododendron vitis-idaea Sleumer

9cm
PLANTS OF NEW GUINEA
Bhododendron
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Common opiphte from about 2 m to 20 m above the
ground in moist* mossy forest; erect shrub -up to
c. 1 m high, sometimes much branched, and showy
with flowers; leaves stiff, convex; flowers
usually in pairs, sometimes solitary, nodding;
material from 2 plants high on a tree.
Eastern Highlands District: Mt. Wilhelm, east slopes, alt* 2650 m.
L. J. Brass, no. 30656_July 22.1959
Collected on the Sixth Archbold Expedition sponsored by the American
Museum of Natural History with the aid of a grant from the
National Science Foundation.
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