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PL. DXXXVII. 
AERIDES FIELDINGI uorr. var. ALBUM L. LIND. 
COLONEL FIELDING’S AERIDES, WHITE VARIETY, 
AERIDES. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. VB 
Aerides Fieldingi. Foliis patulis, 18- 25 cm. longis, 25-45 mm. latis. Scapis duplo longioribus, racemosis, 
rarius basi ramosis, racemis densifloris. Floribus roseis, segmentorum apice purpureo, basi albo pictis. Sepalo 
dorsali ac petalis obovatis obtusis, sepalis lateralibus late ovatis; labello satis deltoideo, acuminato, lateraliter 
paulo compresso, lobis lateralibus minutis ante os calcaris parvi albi incurvis, purpureo-roseis, albo marmoratis. 
Aerides Fieldingi Hort., passim; JENNINGS, Orchids, pl. 20; Belg. Hort. (1876), pl. 18-19; WiLL., Orch. 
Alb., VII, pl. 309; De Puypt, Les Orch., pl. 3; Lindenia, III, pl. 97; J. D. Hoox., Fl. Brit, Ind., VI, p. 45. 
Aerides multiflorum var. Fieldingi Rens. ¥., Allg. Gartenz., 1855, p. 225. 
Aerides Fox-brush Horr. 
Var. album. Floribus omnino candidis. 
he plant we now figure is quite remarkable, not only on account of 
@) its beauty, but also on account of its rarity. The albino forms, which 
as are sometimes met with in certain genera, notably in the Cattleya 
genus, in which they are so highly appreciated, were unknown hitherto, we 
believe, in the Aerides genus, as well as in its hot-house neighbours, Vanda 
and Saccolabium. 
This superb variety appeared last summer in the collection of M. FLorent 
Pavuwets, Mayor of Deurne and Provincial Counsellor. It was exhibited at a 
Meeting of the OrcHIDEENNE on June 14", when it was very much admired; 
the Jury awarded it unanimously a First-Clas Diploma of Honour. 
The flowers are pure white, growing in great profusion, the long, graceful 
flower-spike forming a most elegant curve. 
Aerides Fieldingt is often designated in England under the name of Aerides 
“ Fox-Brush, ” which is evidently an allusion to the compact, almost cylindric 
form of the inflorescence. This name is very appropriate; it could only be 
objected that it may be as justly given to several other species of the same 
genus and of allied genera. 
The species was introduced in 1850 by Tuomas Loss, for Messrs Verrcu. 
It is a native of the mountainous region of Shillong, North-East of the Delta of 
the Ganges. 
It is closely allied to A. multiflorum, and it is a known fact, that REICHENBACH 
considered it, at least at one time, as a variety of the latter. This opinion was 
also shared by Epovarp Morren. We are inclined, with the learned ane of 
the Flora of British India, to considerer it as a distinct species, and we think 
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