Aerides quinquevulnerum

Aerides quinquevulnerum, Lindl. Lvs. up to 1

ft. long and 1 1/2 in. broad: racemes commonly

longer than the lvs.; fls. usually less than 1

in. long; sepals and petals obtuse, oval-oblong,

white, tipped with amethyst and with a few purple

spots below; lip 3-lobed, the erect lateral lobes

triangular-oblong, white, faintly purple-dotted,

the middle lobe oblong, deep amethyst, the spur

incurved green. Philippine Isls. Var. Rœbelfnii:

(A Roebelinii, Reichb. f.). Differs in the

denticulate petals which shade to green at the

base, and in the rose-colored middle lobe of the

lip. Philippine Isle.