Vireya Rhododendron: 'Cephas'

Flower strong purplish pink with deeper pink sinuses, and a paler pink throat, scented, tubular funnel-shaped, 4¼" across, wavy-edged lobes.  Dome-shaped truss holds 4 to 7 flowers.  Blooms November - February.  Leaves elliptic, acute apex, cuneate base, 6" long, dull green, scaly.  Grows to a typical height of about 3⅓ feet in 10 years.  Hybridized by Sullivan.