Orchidaceae

Epipogium roseum Lindl.

Thanh Hoa Province, Quan Hoa District, Nam Dong Community, Ban Lo Village, Ke Stream, the territory of Nam Dong National Reserve around point 22º25’46’’N 105º36’58’E. Old secondary broad-leaved evergreen humid forest on wet very steep alluvial slopes based on solid, marble-like highly eroded limestone at elevation of 600–800 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial achlorophyllous, almost white tuberiferous herb to 0.3 m tall in wet shady place between limestone hills on rich alluvial soil. Occasional.

04 May 2024, Nguyen Huu Cuong, Nguyen Van Ly, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, AL2991.