Aerides lawrenciae Rchb. f. 1883 SECTION Aerides
Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page.
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Common Name Lady Lawrence's Aerides [wife of English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]
Flower Size 1 3/4" [4.35 cm]
This large to giant sized, warm to hot growing, monopodial epiphyte occurs in the Philippines at elevations up to 500 meters in bright light locations with an elongate stem carrying strap-shaped leaves and blooms on a 2' [60 cm] long, arching, densely many [30] flowered, racemose inflorescence that has heavy, waxy, fragrant, long-lasting flowers occuring in the fall and early winter.
Synonyms Aerides lawrenciae var amesiana Sander Ex Kraenzl. 1891; Aerides lawrenciae var fortichii Ames & Quis. 1935; Aerides lawrenciae var punctata Ames & Quis. 1935; Aerides lawrenciae var. sandersianum (Rchb.f.) Sander ex Kraenzl. 1892; Aerides odorata Lour. var lawrencea Rchb.f ?; Aerides sanderianum Rchb.f. 1884
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1892 as A lawrenceana var amesiana drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 11 1963 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 10 1970 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No8 1979 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 3 1984 photo fide; Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 6 1993 photo; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 ; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchds Pridgeon 1992; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 1 1995 photo fide; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 6 1998 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 5 2002 photo; Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2002 photo fide; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Flora's Orchids Nash and La Croix 2005; Australian Orchid Review Vol 72 No 2 2007 photo
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