Aerides page

Aerides is found in most of Asia and out to the Philippines and has 19 species, mostly fragrant. They are similar to Vanda in plant form yet their flowers have a forward facing spur. They are best grown in wooden slat baskets with little or no potting media. They are typically intermediate to warm growers.

Aerides Species List

The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

Species names that are synonyms of an accepted species are denoted with a ~.

1. accuminatissimum Lindl.
- Java

~affine Wall - See A. multiflora

~affinis Wall see A. multiflora

~amplexicaule Lindl. - Sarcochilus lilacinus

~ampulleaceum Roxb. - see Ascocentrum ampulleaceum

~anceps Lindl. - See Sarcochilus anceps

~angustifolium Lindl. - See Sarcochilus angustifolium

~appendiculatum Wall. - Sarcochilus appendiculatus

~arachnites Sw. - See Sarcochilus moschifera

~arachnites Lindl. - See Sarcochilus arachnites

2. augustianum Rolfe
- Philippines

~ballantianum Rchb.f. - See A. suavissimum

3. bernhardianum Rchb.f.
- Borneo

~bicolor ex Lindl. Reinw. - See Vanda furva

4. biswasianum Ghose & Mukerjee
- Burma
5. borassi exSm Buch. Ham.
- India

~brockessii Heynh. - See A. crispum

~brookei Batem. ex Lindl. - See A. crispum

6. burbidgei Rchb.f Ex Burbage
- Philippines Sulu Isl
7. calceolare Teijsm.&Binn
- Sumatra

~calceolare Buch. Ham. ex Sm. - See Sacolabium calceolare

~carnosum Griff. - See Doritis taenialis

~compressum Lindl. - See Dendrocola compressa

~coriaceum Sw.

~cornutum Roxb. see A. odorata

8. costatum 'Wesk'exSteud.
- India
9. crassifolia Parish & Rchb.f.
- Burma and Thailand - Alt 200-1300m - Flowers in Summer - Fragrant - Intermediate to Warm - Water while in growth reduce in winter for rest - Slat Basket
10. crispum Lindl.
- Closely related to A. maculosa and A. multiflora but with larger flowers

~cristatum Wall. ex Hk.f. - See Vanda cristata Lindl.

~cylindricum Hkr.- See Aerides vandarum

11. cylindricum Lindl.
- India

~dalzelliana [Santap.]Garay - See Sarcochilus dalzelliana

12. falcata Lindl.
13. fieldingii
- Closely related to A. multiflora - Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and India - Flowers in late spring

~feildingii Wms. - See A. rosea

14. flabellatum Rolfe
- Thailand - Alt 1000m - Flowers in Summer - Intermediate - moderate to bright light
16. jarckiana Scltr.
- The Philippines - Epiphyte
17. [Sediera] japonicum Rchb. f.
18. krabiensis

~lobbii Hort. see A. multiflora

19. maculosa Lindl.
- Closely related to A. multiflora - India - Flowers in early summer - medium sized epiphyte
20. multiflora Roxb.
- Closely related to A. feildingii, A. maculosum and A. rosea but distinguished by very acute midlobe of it's very different colored flowers- Tropical Himalayas, India, Thailand, Indo-China and Burma - Large erect to pendulous epiphyte -
21. odorata Lour.
- Tropical Himalayas, S.E. Asia, Java, S. China, Malay archipeligo and the Philippines - epiphyte

var. lawrenciae Rchb. f.

var. alba

22. quinquevulnera Lindl.
23. rosea Lodd. ex Lindl.
- closely allied to A. multiflora - India, Burma, S.China, Thailand, Vietnam and Laos - epiphyte
24. sanderanum

~tigona Klotsch see A. multiflora

25. vandarum Rchb. f.
- Cool grower

~veitchii Hort. - see A. multiflora

~williamsi Warner - see A. rosea

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