Aerides odoratum

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Read about Aerides odoratum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aerides odoratum, Lour. (A. cornutum, Roxbg.). 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. CH


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