Orchidaceae
Fragrant aerides
Aerides odorata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Aerides
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- أريدي عطري
- arz
- اريدى عطرى
- Assamese
- এৰিডেছ অ'ড'ৰাটা
- Bangla
- অ্যারিডেস ওডোরাটা
- Chinese
- 香花指甲兰, 香花指甲蘭
- English
- Fragrant aerides, Fragrant cat's-tail orchid, Fragrant fox brush orchid
- Indonesian
- Anggrek lilin
- Japanese
- エリデス・オドラツム, ニオイナゴラン
- Malayalam
- ഐറിഡെസ് ഒഡൊറാറ്റ, ഐറിഡെസ് ഒഡൊറാറ
- Spanish
- La Aerides fragante
- Thai
- กุหลาบกระเป๋าปิด
- Vietnamese
- Quế lan hương
Synonyms
- Aerides ballantiniana Rchb.f.
- Aerides cornuta Roxb.
- Aerides cornutum Roxb.
- Aerides dayana Guillaumin
- Aerides dayanum Guillaumin
- Aerides flavida Lindl.
- Aerides jucunda Rchb.f.
- Aerides latifolia (Thunb. ex Sw.) Sw.
- Aerides micholitzii Rolfe
- Aerides nobilis Warn.
- Aerides nobilis B.S.Williams
- Aerides odorata f. immaculata (Guillaumin) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
- Aerides odorata subvar. immaculata Guillaumin
- Aerides odorata var. annamensis Costantin
- Aerides odorata var. ballantiniana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent
- Aerides odorata var. birmanica Rchb.f.
- Aerides odorata var. demidovii Linden
- Aerides odorata var. eburnea Cogn.
- Aerides odorata var. major Ortgies
- Aerides odorata var. micholitzii (Rolfe) Guillaumin
- Aerides odorata var. pallida Guillaumin
- Aerides reichenbachii Linden
- Aerides reichenbachii var. cochinchinensis Rchb.f.
- Aerides rohaniana Rchb.f.
- Aerides suaveolens Blume
- Aerides suaveolens var. virens (Lindl.) Blume
- Aerides suavissima Lindl.
- Aerides suavissima var. ballantiniana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent
- Aerides virens Lindl.
- Aerides virens var. ellisii B.S.Williams
- Aerides wilsoniana Anon.
- Aeridium odorum Salisb.
- Epidendrum aerides Raeusch.
- Epidendrum odoratum (Lour.) Poir.
- Limodorum latifolium Thunb. ex Sw.
- Orxera cornuta (Roxb.) Raf.
- Polytoma odorifera Lour. ex B.A.Gomes
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rejoice Gassah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Islam Asiful, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salmaa Ridhwaanah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacob Nulik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sudipta Kr Rabha, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Patterson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.