FLORA OF VIETNAM

Fam. Orchidaceae

Paphiopedilum callosum (Rchb.f.) Stein var. callosum.

Gia Lai Prov., Chu Pah Distr., Chu Dang Ya Municipality, village Ha Bau, mt. Chu Nam, to the north of Dang Ri mt. (14ø09'N, 107ø03'E), 900-950 m a.s.l., granite. Terrestrial orchid (almost never on rocks). Lip reddish brown. Scattered in heavily logged primary closed evergreen seasonal broad-leaved forests (with Lithocarpus sp.sp., Castanopsis sp., Shorea sp., Dipterocarpus sp., Parkia sumatrana, Rhodoleia championi, Schima wallichii, Nephelium sp., Michelia sp., Gironniera subaequalis, Syzygium sp.sp., Canarium sp., etc.) mixed with bamboos, usually in rather open places near stream banks.

27 May 2001. Coll. Phan Ke Loc, P-9864.

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