Aerides maculosa Lindl.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ORCHIDACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aerides maculosa Lindl.
  • Common name : Cat-tail Orchid
  • Vernacular name : Draupadhi pushpa (Kannada)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Epiphytic
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Kolhapur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district, Bargarh district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Biodiversity Characterisation at LL in Eastern Ghats and East Coast using SRS & GIS; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aerides maculosa. Downloaded on 31 October 2025.

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