Orchidaceae

Schoenorchis scolopendria Aver.

Hoa Binh Prov., Lac Son Distr., Tu Do Municipality, Mon village, around point 20°24’52”N 105°19’41”E. Secondary evergreen dry broad-leaved forest on steep rocky slopes of remnant mountain composed with highly eroded marble-like solid crystalline limestone at elevation about 300 m a.s.l. Creeping epiphyte on tall tree (Anageissus acuminata). Locally abundant.

CPC 1387 23 March 2011

Coll.: N.Q.Hieu, L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh, T.B.Ngan, N.Tap, D.D.Dao, V.T.Ha.

Flowered under cultivation in July 2014 and June 2015. Flowers with light rather unpleasant smell. Sepals purple-violet, petals white; lip light purple-violet, side lobes purple-violet, operculum yellow, ovary dull brownish-purple.

All photos © - L. Averyanov