Aerides

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Fox Brush Orchid

Aerides falcatum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Vandeae
Subtribe:	Sarcanthinae
Genus:	Aerides Lour., 1790

Species

See text.

Aerides or the Cat's-tail Orchid or the Fox Brush Orchid, is a genus belonging to the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) (subfamily Epidendroideae, tribe Vandeae, subtribe Sarcanthinae).

They occur mainly in Asia : the Indian subcontinent, Nepal, Southern China, SE Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea.

They form pendulous racemes with many fragrant, long-lasting, waxy flowers, in white, (rarely) yellow, purple or pink colors, with a forward facing spur, growing on stout many-leaved stems from the leaf axils.

The leaves grow distichously (in two vertical rows). The leaf margins are bilobed, while the apex is emarginate.

There are ligules. Morphologically, they are very similar to Vanda.

There are 25 monopodial epiphytic species in this genus, (with the exception of Aerides krabviensis, which is a lithophyte).

[edit] Species

Aerides augustianum Rolfe (1889) (Philippines).
Aerides crassifolium C.S.P.Parish ex Burb (1873) (Indo-China).
Aerides crispum Lindl. (1833) (SW. India).
Aerides emericii Rchb.f. (1882) (Andaman Is.)
Aerides falcatum Lindl. & Paxton (1851) (Indo-China)
Aerides flabellatum Rolfe ex Downie (1925) (China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China)
Aerides houlletianum Rchb.f. (1872) (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).
Aerides inflexum Teijsm. & Binn. (1862)(Borneo to Sulawesi).
Aerides × jansonii Rolfe (1890) (Myanmar). (A. falcatum var. expansum × A. odoratum)
Aerides jarckianum Schltr. (1915) (Philippines).
Aerides krabiense Seidenf. (1972) (Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia) - lithophyte
Aerides lawrenciae Rchb.f. (1883) (Philippines).
Aerides leeanum Rchb.f. (1881) (Philippines).
Aerides macmorlandii B.S.Williams (1855) (India).
Aerides maculosum Lindl. (1845) (SW. India).
Aerides multiflorum Roxb. (1820) : multiflowered Aerides (Himalaya to Indo-China).
Aerides odoratum Lour. (1790) (S. China to Trop. Asia).
Aerides orthocentrum Hand.-Mazz. (1938) China (Yunnan).
Aerides quinquevulnerum Lindl. (1833) : Orchid of the Sacred Sleep (Philippines, New Guinea).
Aerides ringens (Lindl.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble (1928) (S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is).
Aerides roebelenii Rchb.f. (1884) (Philippines).
Aerides roseum Lodd. ex Lindl. & Paxton (1850) (E. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China).