N.Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Prov., Ba Thuoc Distr., Co Lung Municipality, Khuyn village, around point 20o26′31′'N, 105o14′55′'E. Primary evergreen seasonal broad-leaved lowland forest on crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone, steep rocky slopes of limestone ridge at elev. 600-700 m. Lithophyte on vertical cliff. Leaves green with dull purple marks above, green with dull purple veins below. Not rare at 700-800 m a.s.l.