FLORA OF VIETNAM

Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park

Fam. Orchidaceae

Cheirostylis serpens Aver., sp.nov. Type

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Bo Trach Distr., Tan Trach Municipality, vicinities of A Rem village (17º23'32''N, 106º12'46''E). Heavily logged primary closed evergreen broad-leaves forest on steep slopes of rocky ridge composed with solid marble-like highly eroded stratified crystalline limestone at elevation about 650-750 m a.s.l. Creeping epiphyte (Pometia pinnata, Dracontomelon duperreanum, Allospondias lakonensis, Choerospondias axillaris, Radermachera sinica, Pterospermum spp., Bischofia javanica, Ficus sp.) and lithophyte. Flower buds white. Tepals green, lip white with light yellow-green center. Rare.

No HAL 6092 24 January 2005. Photo.

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

d-EXSICCATES OF VIETNAMESE FLORA 0027/HAL6092 (HN, LE)

© Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Phan Ke Loc

All drawings © L. Averyanov