[2][3] It is native to southeast Asia, in China (Guanxi and Yunnan), Thailand and Burma at elevations of 1000 to 2300 meters.

The evergreen leaves are glossy, and the long thin tubular flowers open cream, turning to yellow and orange.

The flowers, which have a strong honeysuckle fragrance, appear in pairs intermittently from spring throughout summer, and are followed in autumn by green berries.

Lonicera hildebrandiana was found in Burma (now Myanmar) in 1888 by Henry Collett, who named it after a local administrator Arthur Hedding Hildebrand, himself an enthusiastic collector.

[5] This plant does not tolerate frost, so when cultivated in cold temperate areas it must be grown under glass, either in a large conservatory or greenhouse.