Taxon

Rhododendron zoelleri 'Island Sunset' (Vireya)

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Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
Distribution: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Life form: Shrub - evergreen
Comments: Habit: Shrub 1.5m tall in 8 years.

Foliage: Leaves broadly elliptic, 110 x 65mm.

Flowers: 9 per truss, 125mm wide, 5-lobed, vivid yellow in the tube, deepening to vivid reddish orange on the lobes.

History: a selection from R. zoelleri. Collected in the wild by D.B. Stanton on Goodenough Island, New Guinea. Named, introduced and registered in 1973.

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