FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. et Paxt.
var. roseum Aver., var.nov. Type

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. Occasional.
CPC 1088b 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 odorless; sepals and petals white, light purple-violet toward apex; lip with yellow-greenish center, margin white, then rose-purple, lip base white; column white with purple-violet stripes; operculum white; ovary green with purple tint. L.Averyanov. Photos.