Orchidaceae

Calanthe argenteo-striata C.Z.Tang & S.J.Cheng

Bac Kan Province, Ba Be District, Cao Thuong Community, Ba Be National Park. Old secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest and scrub on very steep rocky slope composed by white crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone above tall cliff around point 22º27’36’’N 105º39’18’E at elevation of about 300 m a.s.l. Terrestrial and lithophytic herb on shady rocky slope. Flowers white, later pale yellow. Not rare.

25 April 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Chu Ngoc Quan, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2885.