FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Esmeralda bella Rchb.f.

Lai Chau Prov., Sin Ho Distr., Ta Ngao Municipality, Hai Ho village, around point 22°16′09″N 103°14′34″E.

Remnants of primary and secondary evergreen closed wet forest on very steep rocky slopes and cliffs of remnant mountains composed with stratified solid gray highly eroded limestone at elev. 1500-1600 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte and lithophyte with pendent shoot up to 1 m long on very steep rocky slopes and on shady vertical cliffs. Flowers yellowish with brown-purple marks. Not common.

HAL 10061 20 Nov. 2006
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.