Orchidaceae

Sunipia nigricans Aver., sp.nov. Type.

Lai Chau Prov., Phong Tho Distr., Sin Suoi Ho Municipality, Sa Ma Pho village, around point 22°32’17’’N 103°32’41’’E. Secondary open evergreen broad-leaved dry forest and secondary woodlands on very steep mountain slopes composed predominantly with weathered granite at elev. about 1200-1400 m a.s.l. Creeping epiphyte in canopy of tall tree on steep shady rocky slope along stream. Occasional.

HAL 10792a 15 Dec. 2006. Photo.

Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Phan Ke Loc, Pham Van The, N.T.Vinh.

d-EXSICCATES OF VIETNAMESE FLORA 0090/HAL10792a (HN, LE)

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

Flowered in cult. in Murch-April 2007. Flovers with light unpleasant (“technical”) smell, dark violet to nearly black, column black-violet, stigma and pollinia stipe white, pollinia yellow.

All photos © - L. Averyanov