Orchidaceae

Formosa's lady's slipper

Cypripedium formosanum Hayata

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cypripedium

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Formosa's lady's slipper (Cypripedium formosanum) — FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

arz: سيبريديوم فورموسانوم
Chinese: 台湾杓兰, 台灣杓蘭, 臺灣喜普鞋蘭, 台湾喜普鞋兰, 台灣喜普鞋蘭
English: Formosa's lady's slipper, Slipper orchid
German: Taiwan-Frauenschuh
Vietnamese: Hài vệ nữ Đài Loan

Synonyms

Cypripedium japonicum var. formosanum (Hayata) S.S.Ying

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 23 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Scott from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dryas, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.