FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Lo Go Xa Mat NP
Orchidaceae
Dendrobium pachyphyllum (Kuntze) Bakhuizen f.

Vietnam, Tay Ninh Prov., Tan Bien Distr., Tan Binh Municipality, Ta Not FP Station, around point 11°37′43”N 105°52′26”E.
Slightly logged primary closed evergreen broad-leaved lowland forest with the dominance of species of Dipterocarpaceae (Dipterocarpus dyeri, D. costatus, D. alatus, D. obtusifolius, Shorea sp.) mixed with Lagerstroemia calyculata, Irvingia malayana, Anogeissus acuminata, Sindora siamensis, Pterospermum sp., on thin soils at elevation about 13 m a.s.l.
Epiphyte on bole of old tree in rather open place along with border of Dipterocarp woodland. Very rare.
HLF 7696 26 December 2008 Photo Coll. T.H.Thai, Averyanov L., P.K.Loc, P.V.The, Averyanova A., N.T.Vinh.
Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.
Fl. under cultivation at 06 April 2010. Flowers with light sweet fragrance, white with yellowish tint, sepals and petals with unclear light purple nerves outside, lip white with low yellow central callosity, column white, pollinia yellow. Photos. d-EXSICCATES OF VIETNAMESE FLORA 0169/HLF 7696 (HN, LE)
© Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Phan Ke Loc