Photos and herbarium prepared from plant cultivated in Buon Ma Thuot Town on 26 May 2026, Truong Ba Vuong, Nguyen Van Canh, BV 2002. Plant obtained from local collectors on 26 May 2026, collected in Lai Chau Province, Thuan Chau District growing on rocky limestone mountains.
the sepals has keel/carianata abaxial surface. Lip 3lobed, front margin of lateral lobes and mid lobe serrate/fimbriate, adaxial of lip with 3 keels, entire basal half and turned to fimbriate, fleshy white hairs on apical half. Rostelum triangular apex rounded, curved outside covered the stigma.
The flower slightly different from the true B. sinensis in China and Thailand where the species white and apical of tepals purple (in Vietnam fully purple mixed with white).
Record creation: 2026-05-27, Аверьянов Леонид ВладимировичCitation: Specimen LE 01360133 // Virtual herbarium of Komarov Botanical Institute RAS — http://re.herbariumle.ru/01360133