Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton

Species

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Characteristics

Stems ± elongate, stout, with several distichous leaves. Leaf blade lorate, 20-29 × 2.5-3.7 cm. Inflorescences racemose, sparsely several flowered. Flowers 2-2.5 cm in diam., whitish, tinged or spotted with purple or purplish red. Dorsal sepal broadly ovate or suborbicular, ca. 12 × 10 mm; lateral sepals broadly ovate, base completely adnate to column foot. Petals smaller than sepals; lip movable, spurred, 3-lobed; lateral lobes falcate-oblong; mid-lobe nearly broadly ovate, ca. 12 × 18 mm, margin erose-denticulate, apex emarginate, base with a suborbicular callus near spur entrance; spur ascending, nearly parallel to mid-lobe, 3-4 mm. Column 3-4 mm, foot ca. 1 cm or more; anther cap narrowed and beaked at apex. Fl. unknown. 2n = 38.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Uses environmental use medicinal
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Distribution

Aerides falcata world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:615236-1
WFO ID wfo-0000861554
COL ID 64YRK
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Synonyms

Aerides falcata Aerides leoniae Aerides larpentae Aerides mendelii Aerides siamensis Aerides leonaei Aerides falcata var. maurandii Aerides falcata var. leoniae Aerides expansa var. leoniae