Aerides maculosa Lindl. 1845 SECTION Falcata
Photo by © Jeewan Singh Jalal
Photo by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Drawing by © Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 31 (NS 8) plate 58
To EARLY 
Common Name The Spotted Aerides
Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]
Found in India in moist deciduous, dry semi-evergreen forest as a medium to large sized, hot growing epiphyte with an erect stem carrying leathery, bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring and early summer on an axillary, horizontal to arching, usually branching basally, to 10" [25 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence with waxy, fragrant flowers
Synonyms Aerides illustris Rchb.f. 1882; Aerides maculosa var. schroederi (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent 1891; Aerides schroederi Rchb.f. 1855; Gastrochilus speciosus (Wight) Kuntze 1891; Saccolabium speciosum Wight 1851
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing good; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as A maculosum; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as A maculosum var schroederi; Indian Orchids: A Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 19/20 1129 - 1264 Brieger 1988 photo fide; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 #6 1993; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 drawing ok; Orchids of Odisha Misra 2014 drawing/photo fide; Lankesteriana Vol 18 [1]: 23–62 Jalal & Jayanth 2018 photo hmm; Orchids of Maharashtra Jalal 2018 Photo fide;
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