FLORA OF VIETNAM
Orchidaceae
Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) Seidenf.
N. Viet Nam, Son la Prov., Moc Chau Distr., Long Luong Municipality,
Sang Cai village. Primary, wet, broad-leaved, evergreen and
semi-deciduous, mossy forest along limestone ridge 20°45′51″N,
104°51′26″E at elev. 1400-1500 m. Terrestrial creeping herb. Flowers
odorless, sepals green-brownish, lateral petals light green, lip
bright yellow. ovary deep green, bracts green-brown, peduncle
brownish-green, leaves dull, pale green with deeper green venation,
stem succulent, juicy. In wet, bamboo forest at base of limestone
ridge at margin of primary forest. Rare.
8 March 2001. Collectors: D.K. Harder, P.K. Loc, L.V. Averyanov, N.X.
Tam, DKH 7515. Det.: L. Averyanov, Aug. 2002.