Ascocentrum pusillum Aver.-The Tiny Ascocentrum

 Ascocentrum pusillum Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73(1): 104 (1988).

Ascocentrum pusillum Aver.; Photos Diep Dinh Quang

Vietnamese name: 

Tiểu hoàng; Hoàng yến trắng 

Chinise name: 

Xian Ban Shi Dou Lan

Common Name: 

The Tiny Ascocentrum 

Latin Name: 

Ascocentrum pusillum Aver.

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: 

Ascocentropsis pusilla (Aver.) Senghas & Schildh.

Ascolabium pusillum (Aver.) Aver.

Gunnaria pussila (Aver.) Z.J.Liu & L.J.Chen 

Description: 

Small orchid, 5-10 cm high, hard leaves 5-7 cm long. The inflorescence grows in clusters 2-3 cm long, flower size 1.2 cm, flowers bloom in Winter.

Distribution: 

Found in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. In VietNam, It found in Chu Pao (Kon Tum), Gia lai, Đà Lạt.

Ecological: 

As a warm to cool growing monopodial epiphyte that blooms the winter.

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org