FLORA OF VIETNAM

Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park

Fam. Orchidaceae

Bulbophyllum ambrosia (Hance) Schltr.

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Minh Hoa Distr., Thuong Hoa Municipality, about 2 km to E of Ban On village (17º40'21''N, 105º58'00E).

Heavily logged primary and secondary closed evergreen broad-leaved forest and scrub on rocky ridge composed with solid and stratified marble-like highly eroded crystalline limestone at elevation 550-650 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte (on Pistacia cucphuongensis, Memecylon sp., Quercus sp., Allospondias lakonensis, Choerospondias axillaris, Pometia pinnata, Aglaia sp., Pterospermum spp., Knema sp.) on high trees. Flowers with Amygdalus fragrance. Common.

No HAL 5853 18 January 2005. Photo.

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Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh, N.Q.Vinh, N.T.Binh.

All photos © L. Averyanov