FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Sunipia nigricans Aver., sp.nov. Type.
Lai Chau Prov., Phong Tho Distr., Sin Suoi Ho Municipality, Sa Ma Pho village, around point 22°32′17″N 103°32′41″E.
Secondary open evergreen broad-leaved dry forest and secondary woodlands on very steep mountain slopes composed predominantly with weathered granite at elev. about 1200-1400 m a.s.l.
Creeping epiphyte in canopy of tall tree on steep shady rocky slope along stream. Occasional.
HAL 10792a 15 Dec. 2006. Photo. Coll.: Nguyen Tien Hiep, L.Averyanov, Phan Ke Loc, Pham Van The, N.T.Vinh.
Flowered in cult. in Murch-April 2007. Flovers with light unpleasant (“technical”) smell, dark violet to nearly black, column black-violet, stigma and pollinia stipe white, pollinia yellow.