FLORA OF VIETNAM

Fam. Orchidaceae

Lecanorchis vietnamica Aver. Paratype

Vietnam, Thua Thien – Hue Prov., Nam Dong Distr., Huong Son Municipality, around point 16°09'52''N, 107°36'22''E (around plot 16°09'36''N, 107°36'10''E). Heavily logged primary closed broad-leaved evergreen lowland forest along La Ma River on very steep hill slopes composed with clayey shale at elevation about 300-450 m a.s.l. Terrestrial achlorophyllous saprophyte with nearly black stems. Sepals light brownish, lip white, slightly brownish. Rare, but occasionally in large colonies.

No HAL 6982 27 March 2005. Photo.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh.