Aerides falcata (Hong Kong)

Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 2: 142 1851. (Syn: Aerides expansa var. leoniae Rchb.f.; Aerides falcata var. leoniae (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent; Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin; Aerides larpentae Rchb.f.; Aerides leoniae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Aerides mendelii E.Morren; Aerides siamensis Klinge);

China (SE. Yunnan) to Indo-China: Cambodia, China South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;

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ORCHIDACEAE Jss. Fortnight: Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton from Hong Kong, PKS-148 :

Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton’s Fl. Gard. 2: 142 (1851).

Synonyms:
Aerides larpentae Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 219 (1856).
Aerides mendelii E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 26: 288 (1876).
Aerides expansa var. leoniae Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 40 (1882).
Aerides leoniae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Orchidophile (Argenteuil) 5: 301 (1885).
Aerides falcata var. leoniae (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 7: 68 (1891).
Aerides siamensis Klinge, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 134 (1898).
Aerides falcata var. maurandii Guillaumin, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 25: 329 (1953).

Distribution: China (SE. Yunnan) to Indo-China

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References:
POWO  The Plant List