Aerides multiflora

Himalaya to Indo-China as per WCSP;
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Aerides multiflora: I am looking for pictures and flower samples (atleast 3-5 preserved in 70% alcohol) of Aerides multiflora from all corners of India if possible. Areas near Bangladesh (eastern, like Assam) will be HIGHLY preferred as Sylhet in Bangladesh is the type locality of the same. But I need from other parts too.

   It is an epiphytic orchid, very common and flowers before the rains usually till the mid of the season.
Please find attached a plate of the same to help you in identification. I would be grateful and your help will be acknowledged.

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– Who ever are posting, please take care that the jar should be small and properly sealed, there is not need to full the jar with alcohol. Filling 25% of the volume of the jar will be enough. Please take care while keeping the flowers inside, a long floral stalk can provide support to the specimens inside, and loosely kept flowers without support can break.

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28062010VAI1 – Orchid for ID: Unidentified Orchid
Location: Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal
Date: 28th June 2010

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ORCHIDACEAE: Aerides multiflora Roxb.: Aerides multiflora Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 68 (1820).

Synonyms:
Aerides affinis Wall. ex J.Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 239 (1833).
Aerides lobbii Lem., Ill. Hort. 15: t. 559 (1868), nom. illeg.
Aerides veitchii E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 26: 291 (1876).
Aerides godefroyana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1886(1): 814 (1886).
Epidendrum geniculatum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 45 (1890).
Aerides multiflora var. godefroyana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891)
Aerides multiflora var. lobbii A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891).
Aerides multiflora var. veitchii (E.Morren) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891).
Cleisostoma vacherotiana Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 19: 357 (1948).
Aerides multiflora var. dactyloides M.Ahmed & al., Bangladesh J. Bot. 18: 152 (1989).

Family: Orchidaceae

Location: Jharkhand, India.

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IDENTITY : 35 : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 2 authors.

Attaching an image of a very common orchid of this place which is in bloom now. It looks like Rynchostylis retusa, but it is not. Can somebody identify this orchid please?

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… has identified the species as Aerides multiflora.

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ORCHIDACEAE Juss. Fortnight: Aerides multiflora Roxb. from Jharkhand, PKS-150 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Aerides multiflora Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 3: 68 (1820).
Synonyms:
Aerides affinis Wall. ex J.Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 239 (1833).
Aerides lobbii B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 39 (1862), nom. illeg.
Aerides veitchii B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 41 (1862).
Aerides godefroyana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1886(1): 814 (1886).
Epidendrum geniculatum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 45 (1890).
Aerides multiflora var. godefroyana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891).
Aerides multiflora var. lobbii A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891).
Aerides multiflora var. veitchii (B.S.Williams) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 75 (1891).
Cleisostoma vacherotiana Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 19: 357 (1948).
Aerides multiflora var. dactyloides M.Ahmed & al., Bangladesh J. Bot. 18: 152 (1989).
Distribution: Himalaya to Indo-China

Very very beautiful.. many thanks … for this 150th upload..great!..

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Plant For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 100714 : AK-16 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
A wild plant, probably an Orchid, seen growing on the bark of a tree at Corbett.

If you look carefully you can see two orchids there. One with reddish and longer leaves – Aerides multiflora. …

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Orchids from Sikkim-Darjeeling Tour- Aerides for id from Siliguri:: NS July 06 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (6).

This very beautiful epiphyte was quite common along Siliguri-Kalimpong road in May 2014..
Can this be Aerides maculosa ??

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No sir, this is Aerides multiflora.

I now remember UC Pradhan Ji quoting this name for a common orchid flowering those days, I could not properly gather by my mistake…

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Aerides maculosa is not found in Northeast India (not anywhere above Orissa). May be in Chhatishgarh.

Yes …, he was so generous to show all his collection and also explained development of some of his own cultivars by hybridization techniques.. I will be sharing Jewel orchid too..

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Smitinandia micrantha (Lindley) Holttum : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)

Sharing some pictures I guess is of Smitinandia micrantha (Lindley) Holttum shot at Kathmandu in June 2015 at 4500 ft.

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No sir, This is Aerides multiflora or rosea. I would like to see the leaf to confirm.

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Yes it is Aerides multiflora. It was my oversight. Attachments (2)

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Aerides multiflora? ABJUL2017/06 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)

I found this growing on a Jacaranda tree in the lower Dharamshala town at about 1500m. The orchid was quite high and I couldn’t take any close ups. I think this is Aerides multiflora. Please advise.

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There are two orchids here, four pics belong to Aerides multiflora and one pic of a fruiting plant belongs to Rhynchostylis retusa. Thanks for sharing

Aerides multiflora Roxb. ?? : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) – around 700 kb each.

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Yes this is Aerides multiflora.

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Identification of Orchid: 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

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I think this is Aerides multiflora.

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Aerides multiflora Roxb.: 3 very high res. images.

Habit : Wild

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