#India flora
- Aërides cylindricum — A rare species of epiphytic orchid in the genus Aerides, family Orchidaceae, native to the mountainous regions of Southern India. It is structurally characterized by unique, terete, cylindrical leaves adapted to reduce water loss, and by short spikes bearing large, solitary or few-clustered flowers, which are white with pale pink or violet hues on the lip, heavily fragrant.