Aerides falcata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Aerides falcata']

العربية: أريدي منجلي
مصرى: اريدى منجلى
ไทย: กุหลาบกระเป๋าเปิด
Tiếng Việt: Lan giáng hương
中文: 指甲兰
中文（简体）: 指甲兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Aerides • Species: Aerides falcata Lindl. & Paxton (1851)

Synonyms

Heterotypic synonyms
- Aerides larpentae Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 219 (1856)
- Aerides mendelii É.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., sér. 2, 25: 329 (1953)

Inflorescences

Aerides falcata
Aerides falcata

Flowers

Aerides falcata

Botanical illustrations

Aerides falcata
plate 92 in:
H. G. Reichenbach:
Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
(1858)
Aerides falcata
(as syn.
Aerides expansa
var. leoniae)
Plate 328 in:
R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
The Orchid Album
(1882-1897)
Aerides falcata
as syn.
Aerides expansa
var. leoniae
(1885)