Aerides krabiense Seidenf. 1972 SECTION Fieldingia
Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©,
Common Name The Krabi Aerides [A town in Southern Thailand]
Flower Size
Found in penninsular Malaysia and penninsular Thailand on vertical limestone cliffs, as a small sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte with a monopodial stem carrying several thick, conduplicate leaves that blooms on an axillary, arcuate, 4 3/4" to 5 1/2" [12 to 14 cm] long [sometimes longer], several to many [12 to 15] flowered, mostly racemose inflorescence carrying simultaneously opening flowers.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992 drawing/photo ok; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 6 1993 photo; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; *Botanisk Tidsserift 67: 76-127 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand IV Seidenfaden 1972 drawing fide; Botanisk Tidsskrift bd 68 hft 1 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand V Seidedenfaden 1973; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988; Opera Botanica #95 Seidenfaden 1988 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 #6 1993 photo good; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 6 2002/3 photo; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae Part 3 Pridgeon, Cribb, Chase and Rasmussen 2014; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;
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