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Definition of Aerides
1. Noun. Any orchid of the genus Aerides.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerides
Literary usage of Aerides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"... and aerides, are grown iu pots, they should be nearly filled with potsherds
and covered with a layer of peat and sphagnum ; the plants placed upon this, ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"Goodall ; aerides Veitchii, fine plant, two breaks, 23 gs., Berrie ; aerides ...
true, fine plant of this rare species, 14 gs., Lord Londesborough ; aerides ..."
3. The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists Magazine by Joseph Harrison (1851)
"... a Phalaenopsis, a variety of aerides crispum, the African Ansellia, a neat
bush of Dendrobium caerulescens, a variety of Vanda ..."
4. Orchidaceae: Illustrations and Studies of the Family Orchidaceae by Oakes Ames (1915)
"It has purplish flowers and a very long spur on the labellum. 2. aerides ...
Chron. (1883) 2 :460, 307, 368. MINDANAO. 3. aerides odoratum Lour. ..."
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