A NEW SPECIES OF AERIDES (AERIDINAE: ORCHIDACEAE) FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Destario Metusala

doi:10.24823/ejb.2024.2001

A NEW SPECIES OF AERIDES (AERIDINAE: ORCHIDACEAE) FROM SULAWESI, INDONESIA

Authors

D. Metusala National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0483-1883

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2024.2001

Keywords:

Aerides, Epiphyte, Wallacea

Abstract

A new species of Aerides from Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, is described and illustrated. This new species is placed in Aerides sect. Falcata and is, so far, the only member of this section recorded from Indonesia. The species is endemic to the northern part of Sulawesi Island.