Aerides emericii

An epiphytic Aerides endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It needs constant lowland tropical warmth, bright filtered light and humid, moving air. Care follows other warm-growing monopodial Aerides, because little species-specific information exists.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of lowland island forest, probably on branches in bright filtered light, as is usual for Aerides. Habitat detail for this species is thin.

It is lowland: the single record lies near sea level, about 30 m.

Andaman IslandsNicobar Islands

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.