Aerides flabellata

"The Fan-Shaped Aerides is native to Thailand, Myanmar and Yunnan China at forests edges or sparse woods, at elevations of 300 to 1700 meters. The plant is a small to just medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species. Plants will eventually mature to 24" - 48" tall and 12" - 20" wide with the stems of 10-30 cm, stout. Leaf blade narrowly oblong or lorate, 16 × 1.5-2 cm, thickly leathery, conduplicate toward base, apex unequally bilobed or praemorse."

Vanda flabellata (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson, Indian Orchid J. 1(4): 156 (1985); (1985).

Vanda flabellata (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson, Photo by  Nghiem Xuan Son

its native range is China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Vanda flabellata (Rolfe ex Downie) Christenson

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Aerides flabellata Rolfe ex Downie

Vietnamese  name:

Giáng xuân quạt, Giáng hương quạt

English Name:

The Fan-Shaped Aerides.

Thailand name:

Nok philap - Inthachak

Chinese  name:

Shan Chun Ziu Jia Lan.

Description: 

It has a shorter stem carrying many, lorate, curved, keeled, bilobed apically leaves and blooms in the spring with a 10 to 25 cm long, pendant, lax, 3 to 15 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.

Distribution:

China South-Central, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (Sơn La, Lai Châu).

Ecological:

At lowland broad-leaved evergreen and semi-deciduous forests edges or sparse woods at elevations of 200 to 1700 m as a small to just medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species that requires partial sun.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are best grown hanged in baskets and on mounted and require bright to full sunlight and 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.

Typus:

Kerr, A.F.G. [275], Thailand Aerides flabellata K000891416 Unknown type material

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/942281-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942281-1

http://orchidspecies.com/aeridesflabellata.htm.

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2017/12/grow-and-care-aerides-flabellata-orchid.html

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Aerides_flabellata