FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C. Chen & Z.H. Tsi var. malipoense.
N.Vietnam, Thanh Hoa Prov., Quan Hoa Distr., Phu Le Municipality, Hang village, around point 20°32′29′'N, 105°04′32′'E. Primary evergreen seasonal broad-leaved closed lowland forest on tops of rocky ridge composed with crystalline marble-like highly eroded limestone at elev. 800-850 m. Lithophyte. Leaves heavily dirty purple-brown spotted below. Occasional.