Tagged With: Aerides
Orchid Species: Aerides McMorlandi
Species Description Aerides McMorlandi is a “magnificent species from India, compact in growth, and having bright green foliage, about ten inches in length; blossoms freely, producing long branching spikes of peach and white flowers in June and July, and continuing three or four weeks in perfection. The only plant I know of this was in … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Aerides falcata
Species Description Aerides falcata is a “…fine free-growing plant, with dark green leaves, ten inches long. The flowers are numerous, on a single spike, of a cream and light rose colour. It blooms in June, and lasts two weeks in perfection. This is a distinct plant, and was first flowered by Mr. Eyles, then gardener to … Continue reading
Orchid Species: Aerides rosea
Species Description Aerides rosea is a “magnificent free-flowering Indian species, of which there are many varieties both in growth and flowers, and which is popularly known as the fox-brush Aerides; it grows from two to three feet high; some of the varieties have dark green foliage, while others are of a lighter shade; the leaves, which … Continue reading
Aerides crispa
Species Description Aerides crispa is a “truly beautiful free-growing kind from India, with purple-coloured stem, dark green foliage, ten inches long; the blossoms, which are abundant, are white, tipped with pink. Flowers in June or July, and lasts two or three weeks in good condition. The spikes of flowers are long and very distinct from any … Continue reading
Orchid Genus: Aerides
Benjamin Williams wrote of the orchid genus Aerides, “The species of Aerides are among the most beautiful of Orchids, many of them uniting every good quality that a plant can possess, viz., rich, evergreen, and regularly curved foliage; a graceful habit, flowers deliciously scented, and of peculiar elegance. Even when not in bloom the plants … Continue reading