FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Luisia thailandica Seidenf.
S. Vietnam, Kontum Prov., Kon Plong Distr., Hieu Municipality, Mang La forest enterprise (14°39′N, 108°25′E). Degraded primary and secondary wet evergreen broad-leaved forest (with Dacrydium and Dacrycarpus) along mountain river valley at elev. about 1100-1150 m on sandstone. Epiphyte with erect and pendent shoot up to 1 m lg. Flower tepals dull brownish-red, lip deep brown-violet. Rare.
VH 5433 20.04.2000
International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 6383-98)