Aerides quinquevulnera v. purpurea

[Roy]

Variety name questioned on last flowering, can't say that a definitive ID has been provided to me so label remains unaltered.
Colour of flower is darker than in pic.

[Sheryl]

Love it Roy! Aerides are one of my favorites! Fragrant?

[Roy]

A very slight one, have a touch of hay fever so it's hard to tell.

[Dorsetman]

Many of the Aerides species seem to be so similar to each other that I always suspect the accuracy of the specific name. A.quinquevulnerum “ought” to have 5 darker pink spots -quinque means five, and vulnerum means “wounds” , i.e. bleeding . ( think christ on the cross ) .And at leasr a couple of other Aerides species have that distinctive crescent shape, from the presumed nectary. I have the same supposed species ( but not variety) in bud at the moment, and in my case it has not five but six spots- i.e. one on the lip as well as one on each sepal and petal. Do they all have that ? If so, maybe the taxonomic botanist who named it couldn’t count ! I have not seen enough examples to know. Vandaceous plants especially species are rarely seen in UK.

[mazlani]

Good growing Roy. Congrats!
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[Roy]

Love it Roy! Aerides are one of my favorites! Fragrant?

It has a very deep fragrance like the blossom on a lemon tree but you have to be very close the flowers to get it. Nice.