Aerides houlletiana

"Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f. orchid is native to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sea level to 700 m in partial shade."

Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1872: 1194 (1872). 

Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f., Photo by Home Pongyaeng

its native range is Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Aerides houlletiana Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aerides picotiana Rchb.f.

Aerides platychila Rolfe

Vietnamese  name:

Họa mi; Lan đuôi cáo, Giáng hương quế nâu. 

English Name:

Houllet's Aerides (French Gardener 1800's)

Description: 

With ligulate, apically bilobed leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a 40 cm long, dense, pendulous inflorescence carrying many (12 to 20), large, fleshy flowers that are quite fragrant.

Distribution:

Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (Kon Tum, Đắk Lắk, Tây Ninh, Phú Quốc).

Ecological:

A medium to large sized, hot to warm growing species from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia occuring in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 m in partial shade.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring and summer.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

LIGHT/LOCATION: semi-shady

TEMPERATURE: moderate - warm (18 - 22 °C)

WATERING: spray regularly

FERTILIZATION: once a month

Type Information:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/615247-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:615247-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/aerideshoulletiana.htm.

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2017/12/grow-and-care-aerides-houlletiana-orchid.html

https://www.orchideen-wichmann.de/en/aerides-houlletiana-x-christensonia-vietnamica.html