FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Cheirostylis foliosa sp.nov. Type.

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 herb on mossy exposed rocks on top of ridge. Sepals olive-green, lip white. Very rare.

HAL 9415 31 Oct. 2006 Photo.
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.