Plants of Bu Gia Map national park

Fam. Orchidaceae

Porpax elwesii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe

Vietnam, Binh Phuoc Prov., Phuoc Long Distr., Bu Gia Map Municipality, along Dak Bo stream, around point 12º16’17’’N 107º11’30’’E at elev. about 300-350 m a.s.l. Primary and secondary closed evergreen and semi deciduous broad-leaved lowland dry forest and open woodlands on hill slopes on basalt and shale mother rocks. Tiny creeping epiphyte on branches of tall trees. Not common.

HLF 4815 5 April 2005. Photo.

Coll. P.K.Loc, L.Averyanov, N.T.Vinh, H.A.Tuan, P.V.Tuan, N.V.Su, N.Q.Vinh, T.D.Ai.

Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.

All photos © L. Averyanov