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Aerides (Lour., 1790), or the Cat's-tail Orchid or the Fox Brush Orchid, is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) (subfamily Vandoideae , 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).
Species
- Aerides augustianum (Philippines).
- Aerides crassifolium (Indo-China).
- Aerides crispum (SW. India).
- Aerides emericii (Andaman Is.)
- Aerides falcatum (Indo-China)
- Aerides flabellatum (China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China)
- Aerides houlletianum (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam).
- Aerides inflexum (Borneo to Sulawesi).
- Aerides × jansonii (Myanmar).
- Aerides jarckianum (Philippines).
- Aerides krabiense (Pen. Thailand to Pen. Malaysia) - lithophyte
- Aerides lawrenciae (Philippines).
- Aerides leeanum (Philippines).
- Aerides macmorlandii (India).
- Aerides maculosum (SW. India).
- Aerides multiflorum : multiflowered Aerides (Himalaya to Indo-China).
- Aerides odoratum (S. China to Trop. Asia).
- Aerides orthocentrum China (Yunnan).
- Aerides quinquevulnerum : Orchid of the Sacred Sleep (Philippines, New Guinea).
- Aerides ringens (S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is).
- Aerides roebelenii (Philippines).
- Aerides roseum (E. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China).
- Aerides savageanum (Philippines).
- Aerides shibatianum (Philippines).
- Aerides thibautianum (Java, Sulawesi).
- Aerides timoranum (Lesser Sunda Is, Timor).
