FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park
Orchidaceae
Schoenorchis gemmata (Lindl.) J.J.Smith

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Minh Hoa Distr., Thuong Hoa Municipality, about 2 km to E of Ban On village (17°40′21′'N, 105°58′00E).

Heavily logged primary and secondary closed evergreen broad-leaved forest and scrub on rocky ridge composed with solid and stratified marble-like highly eroded crystalline limestone at elevation 550-650 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte (on Phyllanthus spp., Pistacia cucphuongensis, Memecylon sp., Alstonia guangxiensis, Quercus sp., Pittosporum sp.), along tops of ridge. Sepals purple-violet, lip white. Very common.

HAL 5835 18 January 2005 Photo.

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