Aerides maculosum

[Halloamey]

Hello all ! Here are the pictures of my Aerides maculosum in bloom.

[playtime8978]

Gorgeous! I love the flowers they are so pretty!

[smwboxer]

Stunning! Wish I had the conditions for these.

[Meg25]

So pretty!

[sadie]

Oh, those are fabulous! very delicate. So what growing conditions does it require?

[margo]

Amey, this is stunning!!! I love it!!! Is it hot growing? I think I need one!

[Halloamey]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Aerides maculosum is a native Indian orchid from the western ghats. It is a warm to hot growing plant. I am watering it the year round with no winter rest and they are growing nicely (naturally we have a rainy season of 4 months called the monsoon followed by 4 months of mild winter 10-20 oC and then 4 very hot months 30-40 oC. They are planted in baskets or pots with a lot of drainage holes. I have some that are mounted and they also look good. I use coconut husk and charcoal as the media and fertilize with cowdung.

Regards Amey

[Brutal_Dreamer]

My gosh, that is stunning! WOW!

Cheers,
BD

[ntgerald]

Very lovely blooms, and excellent photos.

[ang709]

Great job growing and blooming it! It's putting on such a lovely display of flowers.