FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Nui Chua national park
Orchidaceae
Vanilla aphylla Blume

S.Vietnam, Ninh Thuan Prov., Ninh Hai Distr., Vinh Hai Municipality,
Cau Gay village, around point 11o43′38′'N 109o11′25′'E at elev. about
50 m a.s.l.

Open secondary forest and shrubs on dry rocky slopes of low hills
composed with granite along stream.

Succulent aphyllous lithophytic and epiphytic creeping vine up to 8 m
long among semidesert xerophytic shrubs on rocky stream slope. Rare.

HLF 3223 20 March 2004. (Leaves silica.fixed).

Coll. P.K.Loc, L.Averyanov, N.T.Vinh, P.V.The.
Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.