All flora
Near ThreatenedRhododendron Jawa
Java Rhododendron
Rhododendron javanicum
Fiery orange blooms of the volcanic cloud forest.
Kebun Raya CibodasEricaceae
Replace · Rhododendron javanicum
About this species
This tropical rhododendron lights up Java's misty highlands with clusters of orange-red trumpet flowers, often growing as an epiphyte on mossy branches.
Cool montane forest is its only home, and as these habitats warm and shrink, gardens like Cibodas become vital refuges.
Key traits
FlowerOrange-red
HabitShrub / epiphyte
Altitude1,000–2,400 m
RegionJava
Conservation note
Restricted to shrinking montane habitats sensitive to climate change.