Lai Châu (About this soundlisten) is a province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. Lai Châu Province is the most sparsely populated in Vietnam, and it shares a border with China. Sìn Hồ is a rural district of Lai Châu Province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. There are various ethnic minorities of people such as the Mong and Dao.
Paphiopedilum villosum (LindL.) Stein var. laichaunum Hai et tuan var. nov.
Diagnose: The new variety is similar to the typical variety of Paphiopedilum villosum (LINDL.) STEIN, Stein's Orchideenbuch: 490, 1892, but distinctly differs from all known infraspecifi c taxa of Paph. villosum by the shorter and narrower leaves, the circular, pointed dorsal sepalum, with wavy base,
without spots and a dark brown centre fading to the tip, by a large and broad synsepalum that is larger than the lip. Type: Northern Vietnam, Lai Châu province, Sìn Hô district; coll. Nguyen Hoang Tuan and Nguyen Son Hai 2014; ex cult. 15-September-2015 (Holotype HNu/N. H. Tuan 014)
Below are all the villosum from Sinh Ho :









