To welcome in the year of Tiger, we are very pleased to present to you numerous orchids recently founded in Việt Nam.

We would like to give thanks to: Professor Phan Kế Lộc Hà Nội National University), Prof. Leonid Averyanov (Komarov Institude Russia), Mr. Nông văn Duy (Highland's Institute of Biology in Da Lat), Mr. Đinh văn Tuyến (Hoàng Liên Sơn National Reserves), Mr. Lê Trọng Châu (Đà Lạt), Ms. Phan Kim Ngân (Đà Nẵng), Mr. Nguyễn Ánh Xuân (Quảng Ninh), and Mr. Trần Ngọc Mạnh (Hà Nội), who sent us these pictures and information of the orchids.

Many thanks to Dr. Karel Petzelka (Czech), Mr. Malcolm Perry (UK), and Mr. Nguyễn thiện Tịch (Saigon) who helped us in identifying some of these orchids.

We hope that in the future, more orchidswill be discovered in Viet Nam.

If there are any misidentifications, please let us know and we will be more than grateful to take those errors into consideration.

Acanthephippium sp. Photo: Phan kim Ngân
Bulbophyllum anandalei Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến	Bulbophyllum echilunus Photo: Lê trọng Châu
Bulbophyllum dissitiflorum Photo: Phan kế Lộc
Bulbophyllum leopardinum Photo: Phan kế Lộc
Bulbophyllum girochilum Photo: Lê trọng Châu	Bulbophylum lockii Photo: Leonid Averyanov
Bulbophyllum pectinatum red form Photo: Phan kế Lộc
Bulbophyllum sp. Photo: Lê trọng Châu
Bulbophyllum repens Photo: Lê trọng Châu
Calanthe duyana Photo: Nông văn Duy
Coelogyne puntula Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến	Coelogyne schultesii Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Corybas annamensis Photo: Nông văn Duy
Cryptochilus lutea Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Cymbidium eburneum Photo: Bùi xuân Đáng	Cymbidium floribundum Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Cymbidium erythraeum Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến	Cymbidium tracyanum Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Eria densa Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Dendrobium chapaense Photo: Leonid Averyanov	Dendrobium mitriferum Photo: Leonid Averyanov
Dendrobium monticola Photo: Leonid Averyanov
Dendrobium strongylantum Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Neogyna gardneriana Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Mischobulbum cordifolium Photo: Nguyễn Ánh Xuân
Monomeria barbata Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Phalaenopsis honghenensis Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến
Pomatocalpa angustifolia Photo: Leonid Averyanov
Schemorchis fragrans Photo: Lê trọng Châu
Trias nummularia Photo: Leonid Averyanov
Uncifera lancifolia Photo: Phan kế Lộc	Uncifera lancifolia Photo: Phan kế Lộc
Unknown species Photo: Đinh văn Tuyến

Placemtia 1-2010