FLORA OF VIETNAM (NEW)
Orchidaceae
Didymoplexiopsis khiriwongensis Seidenf. ?

Northern Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov., Van Ban Distr., Khanh Yen Ha
municipality, to the S of Na Nheo village (in the vicinity of point
21°59′04′'N, 104°15′08′'E). Primary closed broad-leaved evergreen
submontane forest on steep granite and quartzite slopes at elev. 1000-
1100 m a.s.l. Terrestrial chlorophylless dirty violet mycotrophic orchid.
Occasionally common.

HAL 2713 24 March 2002

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, D.T.Doan (FFI Project).