FLORA OF VIETNAM

Plants of Lo Go Xa Mat NP

Orchidaceae

Liparis ferruginea Lindl.

Vietnam, Tay Ninh Prov., Tan Bien Distr., Tan Binh Municipality, Lo Go FP Station, around point 11°33’59”N 105°51’25”E. Dry secondary evergreen and semideciduous forest, woodland and scrub on thin ferralite soils at elevation about 13 m a.s.l.

HLF 7577a 22 December 2008

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

Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.

Flowered under cultivation in October – November 2009. Flowers odorless; sepals dull violet-green with dark violet margin, petals and lip dark violet; column white, column apex and operculum green; pollinia brightly yellow. Photos.