Orchidaceae

Eria dacrydium Gagnep.

Lam Dong Province, Da Lat City area, along Tia stream, in evergreen broad-leaved forest, Truong Ba Vuong, Ngo Quang Dang, 9 January 2020, BV 482 (voucher herbarium specimen – VNM).

Flowering time Early of January.

Note. Two pure white flowers, labellum adaxially with 2 pairs of calli covered by finely brown hairs, upper callus pair larger raising, lower smaller and at labellum base. In middle of 2 upper callus there is one callus covered by densely yellow stiff hair run to margin of mid lobe. Margin of mid lobe covered by densely brown hairs, adaxial surface of mid lobe covered by white hairs.

All photos © T.B. Vuong