FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Malaxis ophridis (Koenig) Ormerod

Lai Chau Prov., Sin Ho Distr., Ta Phin Municipality, around point 22°27′13″N 103°16′31″E.

Remnants of broad-leaved evergreen closed primary forest on steep mountain slopes composed with solid crystalline highly eroded limestone at elev. 1100-1200 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial herb among secondary shrubs on steep slope. Not common.

HAL 9902 17 Nov. 2006
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.