FLORA OF VIETNAM

Orchidaceae

Flickingeria xanthochelia Aver. sp.nov.

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. Locally abundant.

CPC 1387a 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 30 July 2015. Flowers pale light yellowish, epichile bright orange, margin of keels greenish. Averyanov L.

All drawings © L. Averyanov