Aerides krabiensis

"Aerides krabiensis Seidenf. orchid, also called as The Krabi Aerides (Krabi is a town in Southern Thailand), is a species of the genus Aerides. This species was first described by Seidenf. in 1972. This species is native to the penninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Islands) and penninsular Thailand (Krabi) on vertical limestone cliffs at 150 - 400 m form sea-level." 

Aerides krabiensis Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr. 67 (122): 116 (1972).

Aerides krabiensis Seidenf., Photo by Kurt Keller

its native range is Peninsula Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia.

Latin Name: 

Aerides krabiensis Seidenf.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Krabi Aerides (A town in Southern Thailand).

Description: 

With a monopodial stem carrying several thick, conduplicate leaves that blooms on an axillary, arcuate, 12 to 14 cm long (sometimes longer), several to many 12 to 15 flowered, mostly racemose inflorescence carrying simultaneously opening flowers.

Distribution:

Malaya, Thailand.

Ecological:

On vertical limestone cliffs, as a small sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and require bright to full sunlight and intermediate to warm temperatures. If hunged the roots must be watered frequently. Plants should be grown in media that is well drained such as tree fern fibers (for small plants), several pieces of coarse fir bark, or sphagnum moss. Plants are best mounted.

Type:

Type Information:

Distribution Of Types

Thailand

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org/n/615257-1

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:615257-1

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum_newportii

- travaldo.blogspot.com/2017/12/grow-and-care-aerides-krabiensis-orchid.html

- orchidspecies.com/aerkrabiense.htm.

- orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Aerides_krabiensis