Experts of the Wildlife At Risk and staff of the Phu Quoc national park have found six more species of orchid on the Phu Quoc island, Kien Giang province.

They are Habenariarestellifera, peristylus lacertiferus, Gramatoplyllum speciosum, Galeola septentrionalis, Peristylus lacetiferus and Cleisostomasubulatum.

Of them, four are discovered for the first time in Vietnam, including Gramatoplyllum speciosum, Galeola septentrionalis, Peristylus lacetiferus and Cleisostomasubulatum.

In 2007, WAR discovered two new species of orchid on this island, namely Liparis cf. rhodochila Rolfe and Calanthe lyrogolossa Reichenb.f.

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