FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Cheirostylis takeoi

Vietnam, Lang Son Prov., Bac Son Distr., Tan Tri Municipality, around Na Mau village.

Highly degraded primary and secondary broad-leaved evergreen forest on very steep slopes and along tops of ridge composed with solid highly eroded crystalline gray marble-like limestone at elevation about 500-600 m a.s.l.

Creeping lithophyte on open mossy rocks. Sepals green-brown, petals white. lip with greenish central spot. Leaves dull green-silver-brownish. Locally very common.

HAL 6709a 14 March 2005.
Collectors: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.V.The, A.Averyanova.