Rhododendron kawakamii
Rhododendron kawakamii is a plant endemic to Taiwan. It is also called Kawakami's rhododendron, as the type specimen was collected by Takiya Kawakami and others from Xingaoshan (today named Yu Shan or Mount Jade). This species is the only native, epiphytic, yellow flowered rhododendron in Taiwan, and is scattered in the fog forest belt of the island at an altitude of about . It was first published as a new species by Bunzo Hayata in 1911. The wild community was assessed as "near-threatened" in the Taiwan Red Book of Vascular Plants in 2017. Description This plant is an epiphytic shrub with a height of around . The branches are well developed, often curved, with smooth and hairless surface with glandular dots. Bud scales have a sharp tip and tiny cilia on the surface. The leaves range from long and wide, clustered, thick leathery, obovate, with a blunt or small apex. The base of the leaf is acuminate to sharp, and the leaf margin is slightly curved backward. The upper surface of the leaf is dark green, smooth and hairless, while the lower surface of the leaf is lighter in color with the middle rib and lateral veins depressed on the