Large tropical evergreen shrubs with rounded, almost sessile (lacking a petiole) leaves in whorls of three around the stems. The new growth is covered with golden brown scales and the tubular funnel-shaped flowers are red. Native to Papua New Guinea where it occurs terrestrially and occasionally epiphytically from 8,200 to 11,150 ft.
1988/044Koromiko (+32\R2\3). This clone grown from seed collected wild on Mt.Giluwe at 11,000 ft.Deep red flowers covered with pale golden scales.
