Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f 1872 SECTION Falcata Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery

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Common Name or Meaning Houllet's Aerides [French Gardened 1800's]

Flower Size 3/4" to 1" [1.9 cm to 2.5 cm]

A medium to large sized, hot growing species from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia occuring in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 metersin partial shade, with ligulate leaves that are apically bilobed that blooms in the spring and summer on a 16" [40 cm] long, dense, pendulous inflorescence and has many [12 to 20] , large, fleshy flowers that are quite fragrant.

Synonyms Aerides falcata var houlletiana [Rchb.f] Veitch ?; Aerides picotianum Rchb. f. 1888; Aerides platychilum Rolfe 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1878 drawing fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as Aerides falcata var houlettiana; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001; 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 3 Tanaka 2007;

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