“$2 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Aerides—continued. 
A. difforme (deformed). ^. green and brown. India, 1865. 
Dominiana (Dominy’s).* This is a garden hybrid between 
A. Fieldingii and A. afine, with the colour of the former, but 
markings and shape of the latter. Very rare. 
A. falcatum (sickle-leaved).* fl, sepals and petals white, dotted 
with reddish crimson, and tipped with soft rose ; lip white at the 
sides, with a rosy-crimson centre ; spur short, parallel with the 
lip ; racemes pendulous, many flowered, J. closely set upon the 
m, peculiar blue-green, coriaceous, obtuse and mucronate. 
This species is very closely allied to A. crass; olium. SYN. A. 
Larpente, 
Fic. 35, AERIDES ODORATUM. 
> agii (Fiel s).* The Fox-brush Ærides. f. white, 
mp eE e, beauti jan gouei, _ apie reee, cifou the 
1 è , and continue bl - 
Te Fup sce four weeks, + Jio. to 10in. long, in some inate 
$ A een + 
fleshy, obliquely two-lobed at the apex.’ A Sft, to att, yon s 
A. Houlletianum (Houllet’s).* jl, sepals 
off into cream white at ihata wine a = caged ronding 
_ tips ; lip white ; front part dark purplish, with 
-~ same colour on the sides ; on Tortai rowdod sale ¢ os 
_ growth similar to A, virens. Cochin Syn, = Mendelii, 
oS ale (Japanese),* white, with the lateral sepal 
= eed with brown A le; "several yo 
Lee the nt 
racemes > purple, spotted, marked a dark violet : 
ridge. hin linear-oblong, obtusely bilobed. Disdik shack, 
about 4in. high. A pretty house species from Japan, 1862. 
= re ea nena ted ream Synonymous with A. faleatum. 
: Lobbii (Lobb’s).* fl. white in the centre, slightly tinted 
blush. towards Ea akisi, pesani ar spotted with a 
`A. m. Schroederi (Schræder’s).* A 
is “marked with a whitish central bar,and tained witha deep vialha ` 
Aerides—continued. 
either side; on long, dense, cylindrical, pendent spikes. l ligulate, 
obliquely two-lobed at the apex, thick and fleshy in texture, abou 
18in. long, and of a light green hue. Moulmein, 1868. Thi 
elegant pga of which many distinct varieties are in cultivation, 
is one of the most delicate of the genus. 
A. maculosum (spotted). 7. large, with obtuse pale rose-coloured © 
sepals and petals, which are spotted with purple; lip flat and 
undivided, bluntly ovate, and of a deep rosy-purple ; racemes 
endulous, proceeding from among the upper leaves, somewhat 
ax and branching. č. ligulate, thick, and fleshy, obtuse at 
apex, 8in. or 9in. long, dark green. A somewhat slow growing 
species, with a rather stiff, dwarf habit. Bombay, 1840. 
very delicate white, tinged 
with lilac and spotted with rose ; labellum beautiful rose coloured, 
l. dark green, 10in. long. h. 18in. East Indies. A very free 
growing and handsome variety, superior to the species, but rare 
in cultivation, 
A. Mendelii (Mendel’s). Synonymous with 4. Woulletianum. 
A. mitratum (mitred).* fl. waxy-white; lip violet coloured, on 
numerous dense erect racemes. April. Jl. cylindrical, attenuated, 
about 2ft. long, dark green. Moulmein, 1864. A rare but elegant 
species, 
A. nobile (noble).* fl. sepalsand petals white tipped, and spot 
with bright rose; lip three-lobed, the side lobes creamy yellow, 
and the middle lobe slightly bifid at the apex, white, dotted with 
rose-purple, very fragrant ; racemes 2ft. to 3ft. long, pendulous, — 
much branched, many flowered. 1. strap-shaped, obliquely emar- 
ginate at the apex, light green, slightly spotted with brown. No 
unlike <A, suavissimum, but with a we and better colo 
flowers, and more robust growth, East Indies, 
A. odontochilum (tooth-lipped). h. 2ft. Sylhet, 1837. 
A, odoratum (fragrant).* jl. sepals and petals creamy and white, 
tipped with pink ; lip cucullate, with even side lobes, the middle 
lobe being ovate and infiexed, the spur conical and neurved, of 
the same colour as the ap, very fragrant ; racemes longer t 
the leaves, many-flowered, pendulous. J. oblique, obtuse, mucro- 
nate at the apex, and dark green, East Indies, 1800. An old 
favourite. See Fig. 35. 
4 < cornutum (horned). Distinct in growth. A. pink and 
ter).* Like A. odoratum in growth, but with 
+ ree 
er spike of flowers, 
A. o. pu lish).* — 
bi dar! leaves massive | 
are white, with bright pink. — 
pachyphyllum (thick-leaved). fl. light crimson lake; spur 
and column white, the small laciniæ of the blade of the lip on 
front part of spur painted with more or less warn purple (these 
laciniz are just as insignificant as the spur is preponderant); 
raceme short, few-flowered. J. fleshy, short ; apex obtuse and un- 
equally two-lobed, Burmah, 1880. 
A. quinquevulnerum (five-wounded).* Jl. fragrant ; sepals and 
petals obtuse, white, marked with five reddish crimson blotches, 
and gl with purple ; lip cucullate and funnel shaped, the side 
lobes being erect and the centre lobe oblong, incurved and 
serrated, of the same colour as the sepals; spur conical, green,’ 
large; racemes longer than the leaves, pendulous, and many- 
flowered. Late summer and early autumn. 1, ligulate, about 
12in. long, tightly clasping the stem at the base, obliquely 
mucronate at the apex, bright shining green. Philippines, 1 
A. q. Farmeri (Farmer’s).* A very rare variety of the above, 
with similar habit and growth, but the flowers are pure white 
throughout, and fragrant. Se ‘ 
A. Reichenbachii (Reichenbach’s).* fl. sepalsneatly striped (not 
blotched); lip deep orange colour; racemes densely peo 
Borneo, 1858. A very rare species, : 
A. roseum ssn en fl. sepal and petals narrow, acute r 
pale rose colour, with darker spots ; lip flat, entire, and acute, 0 
a bright rose, freckled—like the sepals and petals—with spots of @ 
darker hue ; raceme pendulous, dense, and many flowered, a gee ; 
of a foot in length. l. coriaceous, recurved, and channelle a 
with a blunt two-lobed apex, Moulmein, 1840. As this does nob 
root freely, it requires less moisture than any other species. 
A. r. superbum (superb).* A fine vari with stronger growth, 
and larger and richer coloured flowers. è spikes of this, piel 
as the typical species, are apt to die off if m water is given. — 
tals obtusely ovate, 
um (sweetest), fl. sepals and 
out with deep lilac; lip tho 
A. suavissim 
white, tipped or tinged through 
lobed, pressed to the column, the side lobes being obli 
denticulate, the middle lobe linear and bifid, the whole lip being 
of a pale lemon colour, and the spur rosy-eyed ; ; 
ra ia 
long, light 
racemes are half pendulous and branch 
deliciously t flowers. l feed, honk "oin. 
green, profusely freckled with brown dots. Malacca, 1848. 
are one or two varieties. Te 
A, tesselatum ag uered). fl. lined and streaked with greet 
white, and purple. Indies, 1838. A scarce species. _ 
A. testaceum (testaceous). Synonymous with Vanda testaced. 
A. vandarum (Vanda). Synonymous with A. cylindricum. _ 
