Pukeiti
Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Taxon
Rhododendron zoelleri 'Island Sunset' (Vireya)
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.
Locations
1:
Vireya (south side) V3
(T3/V3)
• Accession: T3/2019-0241/A • Provenance: Garden
Area
Individual