FLORA OF VIETNAM Orchidaceae Cymbidium floribundum Lindl.
N. Vietnam, prov. Cao Bang, distr. Bao Lac, municipality Yen Lac, vicinities of Yen Lac village (N 22°44′ E 105°50′). Primary mixed semideciduous forest (with domination Keteleeria chinensis) along tops of remnant karst limestone ridge at 1450-1500 m elev. Epiphyte. Flowers light sweet smelled: tepals brownish-purple with yellowish margin; lip white with numerous purple marks and yellow keels; column dirty purple-greenish. Common.
CBL 1480 16 April 1999
International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 6300-98)