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Photo: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
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Common name: Fox Brush Orchid, Cat's-tail Orchid • Marathi: Thipke irid amri • Kannada: Drupadi Pushpa
Botanical name: Aerides maculosa Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Synonyms: Saccolabium speciosum, Aerides schroederi, Aerides illustris
Fox Brush Orchid is a dwarf orchid species with
crystalline pink, spotted magenta, fragrant flowers to 2cm. The spikes are
arching to pendulous, to about 25cm long with many flowers. They occur
mainly in Asia : the Indian subcontinent, Nepal, Southern China, SE Asia,
the Philippines, New Guinea. They form pendulous racemes with many
fragrant, long-lasting, waxy flowers, in white, (rarely) yellow, purple
or pink colors, with a forward facing spur, growing on stout many-leaved
stems from the leaf axils. The leaves grow distichously (in two vertical
rows) The leaf margins are bilobed, while the apex is emarginate.
Identification credit: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
| Photographed in Maharashtra. |
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