Didymoplexis vietnamica

Didymoplexis vietnamica Ormerod

Photos Chu Xuan Canh

Vietnamese name: Lan hoại sinh

Common Name or Meaning The Vietnam Didymoplexis

Chinese name: 台灣風蘭

Latin Name: Didymoplexis vietnamica Ormerod 2000.

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Description: Saprophytic plants, leafless, trunk height 10-15cm, black, scaly. Big flowers, each inflorescence has 2-4 flowers, 5-6cm tall, branching 1.5-2cm long, each branch has a thin, white flower. The wings are straight, pointed and the wing is smaller. The lips are smaller than the petals, round, thick, pale yellow, arranged vertically thick, with short, cylindrical stamens.

Distribution: Found in Guangxi, China. In Vietnam: The endemic species of Vietnam was discovered in 2000 in Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh province.

Ecological: evergreen forests on limestone at elevations of 300-600 meters.

Reference: Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 41 pg 2565 - 2625 Brieger 2001; Turczaninowia 2011, 14(2) : 15–100 Averyanov 2011