Aerides leeana

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Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Creekside Digital

Object Details

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)

January to May

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2014-1030A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics

Pendant inflorescence is 16-46" long with up to 30 waxy, pink, long-lived flowers. Flowers are .25-.5" across.

Fragrance

Fragrant

Range

Philippines

Habitat

primary and secondary lowland forests

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Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection

Common Name

Lee's Aerides

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Aerides

Species

leeana

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax76dfabfeb-9f5b-4910-adb4-86177398a284

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2014-1030A