FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Xuan Son national park
Orchidaceae
Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen & Z.H.Tsi

Phu Tho prov., Tan Son distr., Xuan Son municipality, Can mountain, around point 21°09′55.0″N 104°54′41.2″E.

Primary broad-leaved evergreen closed forest on solid crystalline highly eroded limestone mountains at elev. about 1000-1100 m a.s.l.

Terrestrial and lithophytic rosulate herb on shady rocky slope near top of mountain. Leaves distinctly tessellated, dark dirty purple below. Locally common.

CPC 4652 16 November 2011
Coll.: P.V.The, N.T.Vinh