FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Coelogyne schultesii Jain & Das

N. Vietnam, prov. Ha Giang, distr. Yen Minh, municipality Lao Va Chai,
vicinities of Ngan Chai village, 6 km to W of Yen Minh town (N 23°07′
E 105°08′). Primary evergreen wet mossy mixed forest (with domination
of Tsuga chinensis and Pinus kwangtungensis) along tops of karst
remnant limestone ridge at 1500-1600 m elev. Lithophyte creeping herb
in mossy open rock outcrops. Flowers odorless: tepals white with very
light yellowish-pink tint; lip white with, sidelobes brown, center of
epichile brownish-yellow; column yellowish-white with brownish base,
anther white. Not rare.

CBL 1939 01 May 1999

International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic
Society (grant No 6300-98)

Collectors: P.K.Loc, P.H.Hoang, Averyanov L.