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Created page with 'Aerides odoratum, Lour. (A. cornutum, Roxbg.). Fig. 132. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, up to 2 in. broad: racemes nodding, equaling or longer than the lvs.; fls. about 1 in. long, fra…'
Aerides odoratum, Lour. (A. cornutum, Roxbg.).
Fig. 132. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, up to 2 in. broad:
racemes nodding, equaling or longer than the
lvs.; fls. about 1 in. long, fragrant; sepals and
petals white, with a carmine spot at the obtuse
apex, the petals narrower than the sepals;
lateral lobes of the lip erect, round-oblong,
white, or faintly tinged with purple, and
somewhat spotted; middle lobe of the lip linear-
oblong, denticulate or entire, white, with a
median purple line. India to Cochin China. Var.
birmanicum, Reichb. f. Fls. smaller, with lines
instead of apical spots, and the narrow middle
lobe of the lip with few marginal teeth. Var.
purpurascens,Hort. Racemes larger, and the sepals
and petals tipped with dull amethyst. Var. majus,
Hort. Racemes and fls. larger.
Fig. 132. Lvs. 6-8 in. long, up to 2 in. broad:
racemes nodding, equaling or longer than the
lvs.; fls. about 1 in. long, fragrant; sepals and
petals white, with a carmine spot at the obtuse
apex, the petals narrower than the sepals;
lateral lobes of the lip erect, round-oblong,
white, or faintly tinged with purple, and
somewhat spotted; middle lobe of the lip linear-
oblong, denticulate or entire, white, with a
median purple line. India to Cochin China. Var.
birmanicum, Reichb. f. Fls. smaller, with lines
instead of apical spots, and the narrow middle
lobe of the lip with few marginal teeth. Var.
purpurascens,Hort. Racemes larger, and the sepals
and petals tipped with dull amethyst. Var. majus,
Hort. Racemes and fls. larger.