Orchidaceae

Bulbophyllum papilligerum Aver., sp. nov.

Son La Prov., Moc Chau Distr., Chieng Son comm., about 1 km to NE from Chieng Son village, around point 20°46’02.0N 104°37’03.1E. Remnants of primary broad-leaved evergreen forest on tops of hills composed with karstic highly eroded yellow-white limestone at elevation 1100-1050 m a.s.l. Epiphyte on mossy tree on hill top. Not common.

29 September 2016 CPC 8123b/1.

Coll.: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, N.S.Khang, C.Q.Ngan, T.V.Maisak, N.T.Son.

Flowered in cult. in 25 July 2018.

d-EXSICCATES OF VIETNAMESE FLORA 0309 / CPC 8123b/1 © P.V. The & L.Averyanov