FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Paphiopedilum barbigerum Tang & F.T.Wang var. coccineum (Perner et R.Herrmann) W.Cavesrto

Son La Prov., Moc Chau Distr., Chieng Hac Municipality, around point 20°51′50″N 104°31′17″E.

Broad-leaved evergreen dry forest on steep slopes and on tops of ridge composed with rocky crystalline solid marble-like highly eroded limestone at elev. 1200-1300 m a.s.l.

Lithophytic clustering herb in crevices of vertical cliff near isolated top of ridge with vertical walls. Sepals and lip light brownish, central sepal white with pink-purple center. Very rare.

HAL 9406 31 Oct. 2006 Photo.
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.