FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park
Orchidaceae
Dendrobium spatella Rchb.f. (= D. acinaciforme Roxb. auct.).

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Minh Hoa Distr., Thuong Hoa Municipality, Yen Hop village, about 1 km to NWW of Ban On village (17°40′21′'N, 105°58′00′'E).

Primary closed evergreen broad-leaved and coniferous lowland forest (with Dacrydium elatum) along rocky ridge composed with solid marble-like highly eroded stratified crystalline limestone at elevation 550-650 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte on high tree (Pistacia cucphuongensis, Memecylon sp., Quercus sp., Myrsine seguinei, Dacrydium elatum, Aglaia sp., Knema sp.). Not rare.

HAL 5989 21 January 2005.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh, N.Q.Vinh, N.T.Binh.