FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Luisia thailandica Seidenf.

S. Vietnam, Kontum Prov., Kon Plong Distr., Hieu Municipality, Mang La
forest enterprise (14°39′N, 108°25′E). Degraded primary and secondary
wet evergreen broad-leaved forest (with Dacrydium and Dacrycarpus)
along mountain river valley at elev. about 1100-1150 m on sandstone.
Epiphyte with erect and pendent shoot up to 1 m lg. Flower tepals
dull brownish-red, lip deep brown-violet. Rare.

VH 5433 20.04.2000

International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic
Society (grant No 6383-98)

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.H.Hoang, D.X.Du, N.T.Vinh