FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Lo Go Xa Mat NP and adjacent areas
Orchidaceae
Calanthe vestita Lindl.
Vietnam, Tay Ninh Prov., Tay Ninh city, Ninh Son Municipality, S slope of Nui Ba Den mountain around point 11°22’56”N 106°10’14”E.
Dry evergreen forest with bamboo on very steep rocky slope composed with granite at elevation 700-800 m a.s.l.
Lithophytic leafless herb with large flesh pseudobulbs on crevices and shelves of vertical granite N faced cliff. Flowers odorless, tepals white with light pink tint toward the base; lip pink-purple, darker to the base; column and anther cap light pink. Rare.
HLF 7409 18 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.
Tay Ninh, Nui Ba Den mt., HLF 7409.1 cult. in Hanoi
L. Averyanov