Aerides houlletiana
Object Details
- Description
- This medium to large sized orchid was named for a French gardener of the 1800s.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Likely butterfly
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Indo-China
- Habitat
- Dry, lowland forests; 0-2300ft (0-700m)
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0234A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Houllet's Aerides
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Aerides
- Species
- houlletiana
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous inflorescence is 16" (40 cm) long with 12-20 yellow flowers with a purple lip. Flowers are .75-1" (1.9-2.5 cm) across.
- Fragrance
- Lemon
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0234A