Son La Prov., Yen Chau Distr., Muong Lum Municipality, Xao village, around point 20°59′54″N 104°38′47″E.
Broad-leaved and coniferous (with Pinus kwangtungensis and Calocedrus rupestris) evergreen forest on steep slopes and on tops of ridge composed with rocky crystalline solid marble-like highly eroded limestone at elev. 1100-1300 m a.s.l.
Palm-like plant with leaves up to 2.5 m long and stem up to 0.5 m tall on very steep rocky shady slope. Occasional.
HAL 9487 04 Nov. 2006 DNI fix. Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.