Orchidaceae

Bee orchid

Cottonia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cottonia

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Bee orchid: Orchidaceae (orchid family) » Cottonia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. ¿ cot-toh-NI-uh ? -- named for Maj-Gen Frederic Cotton of Madras Engineers, collector of Or — Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 琴蜂兰, 琴蜂蘭
English: Bee orchid

Synonyms

Cottonia macrostachya Wight
Vanda peduncularis Lindl.

Photos

Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: V C balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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). About our plant data.