FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Schoenorchis scolopendria Aver.

Son La Prov., Thuan Chau Distr., Muoi Noi Municipality, Sang village, around point 21°18′28”N 103°48′33”E.

Remnants of primary broadleaved evergreen forest on top of remnant mountain composed with solid highly eroded limestone at elevation 1000-1100 m a.s.l.

Epiphyte on old mossy tree on rocky top of mountain. Not common.

CPC 1818 30 March 2011
Coll.: L.Averyanov, N.T.Hiep, T.B.Ngan.

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.