Aerides flabellata Rolfe ex Downey 1925 Photo by © Eric Hunt

Spotted Variety Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page.

Dark Petaled Variety Photo courtesy of David Morris

Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

Common Name or Meaning The Fan-Shaped Aerides In Thailand - Nok philap - Inthachak

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in Thailand, Myanamar and Yunnan China at forests edges or sparse woods as a small to medium sized, hot growing epiphytic species at elevations of 300 to 1700 meters that requires partial sun and has a shorter stem carrying many, lorate, curved, keeled, bilobed apically leaves and blooms with a 4 to 10" [10 to 25 cm] long, pendant, lax inflorescence with 3 to 15, fragrant flowers occuring in the spring.

Synonyms Vanda flabellata (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson 1985

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; A Field Guide to the Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 6 2002/3 photo; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide

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