Aerides maculosa
A monopodial epiphytic orchid from the Western Ghats of India, with pendent sprays of pink, purple-spotted flowers at the start of the monsoon. It lives with an intense monsoon, then a long, bright, dry season with hot days and cooler nights. Copy that rhythm: heavy summer watering and a drier, brighter winter and spring.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forest and along forest edges, often in quite exposed positions.
Most sites are in the Ghats foothills and plateaus, from about 150 m to 1100 m.
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