FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Cephalantheropsis obcordata (Lindl.) Ormerod

Lai Chau Prov., Tam Duong Distr., Ho Thau Community, Ho Thau village, around point 22°22′19″N 103°36′14″E.

Secondary and primary evergreen closed forest on very steep mountain slopes composed with granite and quartzite at elevation from 1500 to 2000 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial herb up to 1 m tall on very steep rocky shady mountain slope. Flowers yellow-green, lip white with yellow mesochile. Locally common.

HAL 10234 30 Nov. 2006 Photo.
Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Pham Van The.