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A new Crypt was recently discovred which has not yet shown up on Jan's "Crypts Pages"
and no picture yet seems to have been published.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...s.conservation

"Three of the new orchid species are entirely leafless and contain no chlorophyll. Rather than using the sun's energy they live on decaying matter, like many fungi. The other new plants include the Aspidistra nicolai, which has an almost black flower, and a new species of arum, the Cryptocoryne vietnamica, which has beautiful yellow flowers surrounded by funnel-shaped leaves. The two new butterflies are among eight that have been discovered in the province since 1996."

[...]

"Recent surveys have shown that the Green Corridor is home to many threatened species, including 15 reptiles and amphibians and six bird species, as well as the greatest number of one of the world's most endangered primates, the white-cheeked crested gibbon.

The area is also believed to be the best location in Vietnam to conserve the saola, a unique type of wild cattle only discovered by scientists in 1992. It is one of the last remaining lowland wet evergreen forests left in Vietnam."