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Aerides
Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 2 (1790) , 525.
Sarcantheae-Sarcochilinae . VI , IX. Gr. aer (air)-edies (resembling) . Alluding to the epiphytic habit, as " they possess the power of living almost entirely upon the matters which they absorb from the atmosphere."
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