FLORA OF VIETNAM Trichotosia velutina (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Kraenzl.
N. Vietnam, Prov. Cao Bang, distr. Tra Linh, municipalite Quoc Toan, vicinity of Thang Heng and Lung Tao villages near Thang Heng lake. Open dry primary mixed forest with domination of Keteleeria fortunei on tops of limestone mesas and ridges at 850-1000 m alt. Epilitic herb with pendant shoots on vertical shadow bluffs near top of ridge at 750-850 m alt. Not common. VH 4880 25-27.05.1997 International Botanical Expedition of the U.S.A. National Geographic Society (grant No 5803-96)