Orchidaceae

Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl.

Lam Dong Province, Dalat Town area, secondary open grassy old coniferous forest and woodlands derived from old Pinus kesiya plantation at elevation 1300-1400 m a.s.l. Erect terrestrial achlorophyllous aphyllous herb with inflorescences to 30 cm tall and thick rhizome to 25 cm long on steep grassy slope. Flowers white, sepals and petals with broad red median stripe, lip with many red spots, keels white, column white at front with longitudinal red streaks, Anther light yellowish. Very rare (the square of alone found of population less than 500 m2).

31 May 2022, L. Averyanov, T. Maisak, Nguyen Van Khang, Truong Ba Vuong, Nguyen Huu Cuong, AL 1300.