FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Liparis balansae Gagnep.

Phu Tho Prov., Tan Son Distr., Xuan Son Municipality, Du village, Ten Mountain, around mountain top, point 21°06′49”N 104°56′03”E.

Primary broad-leaved evergreen forest on steep mountain slopes composed with shale at elevation 1100-1250 m a.s.l.

Clustering epiphyte. Very common around the mountain top.

HAL 12783e 18 February 2009
Coll.: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, N.T.Vinh, L.T.Son.

Flowered in cultivation at July-August 2009. Flowers odorless, tepals green, lip dark green with white margin, column white, anther-cap green. All tepals toward the end of anthesis become olive-greenish, yellowish, to dull yellow-orange. Photos.