FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Schoenorchis scolopendria Aver.

Hoa Binh Prov., Lac Son Distr., Tu Do Municipality, Mon village, around point 20°24′52”N 105°19′41”E.

Secondary evergreen dry broad-leaved forest on steep rocky slopes of remnant mountain composed with highly eroded marble-like solid crystalline limestone at elevation about 300 m a.s.l.

Creeping epiphyte on tall tree (Anageissus acuminata). Locally abundant.

CPC 1387 23 March 2011
Coll.: N.Q.Hieu, L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, N.T.Vinh, T.B.Ngan, N.Tap, D.D.Dao, V.T.Ha.

Flowered under cultivation in June 2011. Flowers with light rather unpleasant smell. Sepals purple-violet, petals white; lip light purple-violet, side lobes purple-violet, operculum yellow, ovary dull brownish-purple.