FLORA OF VIETNAM

Calanthe argenteo-striata Tang et Cheng

N. Vietnam, Prov. Cao Bang, distr. Tra Linh, municipalite Quoc Toan,

vicinity of Thang Heng and Lung Tao villages near Thang Heng lake.
Dry broadleaved evergreen closed primary forest on steep slopes and
bluffs of limestone ridges and mesas at 650-750 m alt.
Terrestrial and epilitic rosette herb up to 0.6 m hg on steep shadow
rocky slopes. Leaves with contrast whitish longitudinal stripes.
Flowers white, tHeng yellow. Common.
VH 4904 25-27.05.1997
International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic
Society (grant No 5803-96)

Collectors: L. Averyanov, N.T. Hiep