FLORA OF VIETNAM

Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park

Fam. Orchidaceae

Cheirostylis cochinchinensis Blume

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Bo Trach Distr., Tan Trach Municipality, about 0.5 km to E of A Rem village (17º23'32''N, 106º12'46''E).

Primary closed coniferous forest (with Calocedrus rupestris) on steep slopes and on tops of rocky ridge composed with solid marble-like highly eroded solid crystalline limestone at elevation about 750-850 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial and lithophytic herb. Flowers white, lip with two green spots on mesochile. Leaves dull green. Common.

No HAL 6197 26 January 2005. Photo.

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Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh, N.Q.Vinh, N.T.Binh.

All photos © L. Averyanov