FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Gastrochilus acutifolius (Lindl.) Kuentze

Hoa Binh Prov., Lac Son Distr., Ngoc Son Municipality, Khu village, around point 20°26′31”N 105°19′32”E.

Primary broadleaved forest on steep rocky slopes of remnant mountain composed with solid crystalline highly eroded limestone at elevation about 550-650 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte on old mossy trees. Not rare.

CPC 1638a 27 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.

Fl. under cultivation in November – December 2011. Fl. with cucumber odor, tepals light yellow, sometime with light fine purple dots, lip white, with purple tips of side lobes and lateral apices of epichile, epichile with yellow central spot, column purple, anther yellow. Photos.