14 rare wild orchid species listed in Vietnam's Red Book
Although many orchid species are crossbred and developed today, many wild orchids are on the brink of extinction. Below is a list of rare wild orchids in the Red Book of Vietnam Plants.
1. Sa Pa glitter orchid
Vietnamese name: Sapa glitter
Latin name: Anoectochilus chapaensis
Characteristics: Flowering from October to December, Regenerating by shoots and seeds, growing scattered in the forest in shady places, at an altitude of 1500 - 1800m.
Distribution: Domestic: Lao Cai (Sapa), Thua Thien - Hue (Bach Ma).
2. Single-bulb 2-color orchid
Vietnamese name: Two-color single onion
Latin name: Monomeria dichroma
Characteristics: Flowers in April. Regenerate by shoots and seeds, grows sporadically at an altitude of 700 - 2250m.
Distribution: Domestically: Cao Bang (Tra Linh, Thang Heng), Lam Dong (Da Lat, Lang Bian, Bi Dup, Braian, Di Linh), Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang), Kontum (Ngoc Linh, Dak Ban Khong), Central Vietnam (Nho Kbang).
3. Averynov's Orchid
Vietnamese name: Averyanov Orchid
Latin name: Bulbophyllum averyanovii
Characteristics: Lives on tree trunks and branches in tropical forests, at an altitude of about 600 - 900m.
Distribution: Very narrow endemic species of Vietnam, only found at the sampling point in Gia Lai province (Chu Pah: Gia Lu).
4. White Fire Orchid
Vietnamese name: White Fire Orchid
Latin name: Dendrobium bellatulum.
Characteristics: Blooms in July-August. Regenerate by shoots and seeds, growing on large tree trunks in the forest (including old pine trees), at an altitude of 600 - 1,500m.
Domestic distribution: Kontum, Lam Dong.
World: India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
5. Gia Lu Orchid
Vietnamese name: Gia Lu orchid
Latin name: Dendrobium nobile var. alboluteum
Characteristics: Blooms in September-October, regenerates by shoots and seeds, grows on large tree trunks in the forest, at an altitude of 1200m.
Distribution: Newly found in Gia Lai.
6. Tam Dao Dendrobium Orchid
Vietnamese name: Tam Dao Dendrobium
Latin name: Dendrobium daoense
Characteristics: Blooms in April-June, regenerates by shoots and seeds, grows on the trunks of large trees in the forest, at an altitude of 900-1200m
Distribution: Domestic: Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc.
7. Fragrant Dendrobium
Vietnamese name: Dendrobium orchid
Latin name: Dendrobium amabile
Characteristics: Blooms in May-June, regenerates by shoots and seeds, grows on the trunks of large trees in the forest, at an altitude of 200-500m
Distribution: Domestically: Quang Tri (Lang Khoai), Thua Thien Hue (Bach Ma), Gia Lai.
World: China
8. Dendrobium orchid
Vietnamese name: Orchid
Latin name: Dendrobium gratiosissimum
Characteristics: Lives on tree trunks and branches in tropical forests, at an altitude of about 1500m.
Distribution: Domestic: Quang Tri, Kontum, Gia Lai, Lam Dong.
World: China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.
9. Velvet Orchid
Vietnamese name: Lan Huyet Nhung Trung
Latin name: Renanthera annamensis
Characteristics: Regenerate by shoots and seeds, Live on large trees in tropical forests, at an altitude of about 1200-1600m.
Distribution: Domestically: Newly found in Lam Dong (Da Lat).
10. Orchid
Vietnamese name: Orchid Kien co praetermiss
Latin name: Habenaria praetermissa
Characteristics: Flowers in October, regenerates by shoots and seeds, grows scattered in the forest, at an altitude of 100-200m.
Distribution: Domestic: Ha Nam.
World: China.
11. Double Envelope Password Spread
Vietnamese name: Double-skinned password orchid
Latin name: Acampe bidoupensis
Characteristics: Regenerate by shoots and seeds, grow on trees in sparse forests, at an altitude of 200-1500m.
Distribution: Newly found in Lam Dong
12. Spread fake passwords
Vietnamese name: Fake password orchid
Latin name: Cleisostomopsis eberhardtii
Characteristics: Lives on the trunks and branches of pine trees or other trees in tropical rainforests, at an altitude of about 1400 - 1800m.
Distribution: Lam Dong (Da Lat: Dantala waterfall, Lac Duong: Langbian mountain, Don Duong), Ngoc Linh, Chu Yang Sin)
13. Orchid
Vietnamese name: Orchid
Latin name: Coelogyne eberhardtii
Characteristics: Regenerate by shoots and seeds, clinging to trees in sparse forests, pine forests, at an altitude of 1400 - 2150m.
Distribution: Newly found in Lam Dong, unknown in the world.
14. Red orchid
Vietnamese name: Orchid with fragrant pink swallow shape
Latin name: Aerides rubesscens
Characteristics: Blooms in April, lives on tree trunks and branches in tropical forests, at an altitude of about 1000-1800m.
Distribution: Only found in a small mountainous area of Lam Dong province (Lac Duong: Langbian mountain, Da Lat, Don Duong).
