FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Gastrochilus bellinus (Rchb.f.) Kuentze

Dien Bien Prov., Muong Cha Distr., Mua Ngai Municipality, around point 21°52′19”N 103°10′01”E. Remnants of primary evergreen broad-leaved forest on very steep rocky slopes and on tops of remnant mountain composed with highly eroded marble-like solid crystalline limestone at elevation 1150-1250 m a.s.l. Epiphyte on old mossy trees near top of ridge. Not common.
CPC 1088a/06 18 December 2010
Coll.: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh.

Fl. et coll. under cultivation at 15 Feb. 2011
Flowers with light unpleasant smell; sepals and petals dark reddish-purple with dull yellowish irregular marks; gypochile dull yellowish with dark purple spots; epichile white with central yellow central spot and small purple marks; column purple; operculum white; ovary light green with finest purple streaks. L.Averyanov. Photos.

Fl. et coll. under cultivation at 26 March. 2014
Flowers with light mushroom unpleasant smell; sepals and petals dark reddish-purple with dull yellowish irregular marks; gypochile dull yellowish with dark purple spots; epichile white with central yellow central spot and small purple marks; column purple; operculum white; ovary light green with finest purple streaks. L.Averyanov.