Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton 1851 SECTION Falcata

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Common Name or Meaning The Sickle-Shaped Aerides - In Thailand - Kulap krapao poet

Flower Size 1 to 1 1/4" [2.5 to 3.1 cm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam occuring in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte that has an erect stem carrying oblong-ligulate, rigid, thick, coriaceous, somewhat glaucous on top, streaked dark green with red beneath leaves and blooms on a 20" [50 cm] long, lossely or densly flowered, pendant inflorescence with a few to many [30] fragrant, waxy flowers occuring in the spring and summer.

Synonyms Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin 1953; Aerides larpentae R.H. Torr. ex Rchb. f. 1856; Aerides mendelii R.H. Torr. ex E. Morren 1876; Aerides siamense Klinge 1898

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 8 1979 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 6 1993 photo; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 6 2002/3 photo; Flora's Orchids Nash and La Croix 2005; A Field Guide to the Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 3 Tanaka 2007;