'American orchid; beautiful orchid'; born September 6, 2006) is a male giant panda born at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, after his mother's, Lun Lun, record-setting 35-hour labor.

[1] Originally identified by zoo staffers as female, Mei Lan was determined to be male by staff in China at the Chengdu Research Base of Panda Breeding.

[3] Many of the names in the poll contain the words "beautiful", "orchid", "peach" or "moon" that are often given to girls in China, because Mei Lan was originally identified as female.

Mei Lan, similar other zoo-born giant pandas in the United States, contractually belongs to China.

He left for China on February 4, 2010, on the same flight as Tai Shan from the National Zoo in Washington D.C.[4][5] He currently resides at the Chengdu Panda Base, where both his parents were born.