Orchidaceae
Daddy longlegs orchid
Brassavola cucullata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Brassavola
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 兜状白拉索兰
- English
- Daddy longlegs orchid
Synonyms
- Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Rchb.f.
- Brassavola cucullata var. cuspidata (Hook.) Lindl.
- Brassavola cucullata var. elegans Schltr.
- Brassavola cuspidata Hook.
- Brassavola odoratissima Regel
- Cymbidium cucullatum (L.) Sw.
- Epidendrum cucullatum L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Dombrowski from Chicago, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.