FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Epigeneium chapaense Gagnep.
Northern Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov., Van Ban Distr., to the west of Nam Xay village (1 km to the W of point 21°59′00′'N, 104°02′00′'E). Primary broad-leaved evergreen submontane forest with Fokienia hodginsii on granite and quartzite steep slopes at elev. about 1300 m a.s.l. Epiphyte on high tree. Very common. Usual co-dominant of epiphytic community on old Dacrycarpus imbricatus and Fokienia hodginsii samples.