FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi var. malipoense
N. Viet Nam. Ha Giang Province, Quang Ba District, at Sin Suoi Ho village and river. Degraded agricultural land among limestone rocks to ridgetop of exposed limestone under light canopy with many epiphytes and lithophytes on north and east facing slopes, at 23°06′57″N, 105°01′48″E, at 514-900 m. Lithophyte. Rarely flowering, upright tepal green, lateral with red-purple striations and more solid colored at base, labellum with red-purple spots inside, staminode tip deep purple, shiny. Occasional.