FLORA OF VIETNAM

Plants of Lo Go Xa Mat NP and adjacent areas

Orchidaceae

Calanthe vestita Lindl.

Vietnam, Tay Ninh Prov., Tay Ninh city, Ninh Son Municipality, S slope of Nui Ba Den mountain around point 11°22’56”N 106°10’14”E.

Dry evergreen forest with bamboo on very steep rocky slope composed with granite at elevation 700-800 m a.s.l.

Lithophytic leafless herb with large flesh pseudobulbs on crevices and shelves of vertical granite N faced cliff. Flowers odorless, tepals white with light pink tint toward the base; lip pink-purple, darker to the base; column and anther cap light pink. Rare.

HLF 7409 18 December 2008 Photo.

Coll. T.H.Thai, Averyanov L., P.K.Loc, P.V.The, Averyanova A., N.T.Vinh.

Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.