FLORA OF VIETNAM

Fam. Orchidaceae

Appendicula hexandra (Koenig) J.J.Smith ?

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., A Luoi Distr., A Roang Municipality, Tra Lenh Forestry Department station, around point 16°04'41''N, 107°29'06''E. Primary closed evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep mountain slopes composed with shale, sandstone and granite at elevation 700-800 m a.s.l. Epiphyte on mossy trees along rocky stream valley. Flowers white, lip with reddish hypochile. Very common.

No HAL 7270 21 April 2005. Photo.

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Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, J.Regalado, T.V.Thao, N.T.Vinh.