Herbarium LE - Specimens

Podocarpaceae

Dacrydium elatum (Roxb.) Wall. ex Hook.

Saravan Prov., Sa Mouay Distr., to the SEE of Sa Mouay town, elevation from Ta Oy village (700 m elev.) to mountain ridge with highest point at 1350 m around 16°08’47.0”N 106°52’35.4”E. Primary evergreen humid mixed and coniferous forest on slopes composed with silicate rocks. Tree to 12 m tall on tops of ridge. Very common, important co- dominant of coniferous forest.

LA-VN 180a 04 March 2013

Coll.: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, V.Lamxay, N.S.Khang, P.V.The, S.Lorphengsy

All photos © - L. Averyanov & Nguyen Sinh Khang

Triuridaceae

Sciaphila clemensiae Hemsl.

S. Vietnam, Prov. Khanh Hoa, distr. Khanh Son, 42 km to NE from Dalat city. Primary closed broadleaved evergreen forest on E macroslope of Hon Giao mt. ridge at 1500-1600 m alt. (N 12° 12', E 108° 44'). Chlorophyll less pinkish saprophyte on steep shadow slopes. Very rare. No VH 4269 24.04.1997 International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 5803-96) Collectors: L. Averyanov, N.Q. Binh, N.T. Hiep

All drawings © - L. Averyanov

Orchidaceae

Vanda fuscoviridis Lindl.

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Primary and old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone around point 22º27’20’’N 105º36’06’E at elevation of about 750 m a.s.l. Epiphyte on tall trees along ridge edge above tall cliff. Occasional.

23 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2855.

Flowered in culture on 11 March 2026, L. Averyanov, AL2855.

Orchidaceae

Phaius wallichii Lindl.

Lam Dong Province, the border of Lac Duong and Dam Rong districts, Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park, mountain evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest (with Pinus kesiya) at elevation 1600–1800 m a.s.l. Terrestrial herb in shady place along rocky mountain stream. Not common. 21 February 2023, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, Nong Van Duy, AL 2173. Living plant only.

Flowered in culture on 17 March 2026, L. Averyanov, AL2173.

Orchidaceae

Bulbophyllum retusiusculum Rchb.f.

Dak Nong Province, Dak Song District, Nam Nung Nature Reserve around point 12.1200N 107.4233E. Fractionally logged primary evergreen broad-leaved and mixed forest with Dacrydium, Dacrycarpus and Pinus latteri on granite at elevation about 900 m a.s.l. Creeping epiphyte on tall tree. Not rare.

27 November 2022, L. Averyanov, Nguyen Van Canh, T. Maisak, Truong Ba Vuong, Nguyen Quoc Bao, AL1835.

Flowered in culture on 11 March 2026, L. Averyanov, AL1835.