Orchidaceae

Tibetian cypripedium

Cypripedium tibeticum King ex Rolfe

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cypripedium

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Tibetian cypripedium (Cypripedium tibeticum) — FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Arabic: خف السيدة التيبتي
arz: خف السيدة التيبتى
Bulgarian: Тибетска пантофка
Cantonese: 兜蘭
Chinese: 西藏杓兰, 西藏杓蘭, 兜兰, 皱杓兰
English: Tibetian cypripedium
German: Tibet-Frauenschuh, Tibetischer Frauenschuh
Russian: Башмачок тибетский, Венерин башмачок тибетский

Synonyms

Cypripedium compactum Schltr.
Cypripedium corrugatum Franch.
Cypripedium corrugatum var. obesum Franch.
Cypripedium froschii Perner
Cypripedium lanuginosum Schltr.
Cypripedium macranthon var. tibeticum (King ex Rolfe) Kraenzl.
Cypripedium macranthos var. tibeticum (King ex Rolfe) Kraenzl.
Cypripedium tibeticum var. froschii (Perner) Eccarius

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 11 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: steve b, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patricia Harding, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Wyse, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Wyse, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Wyse, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: tuirnee, CC0, from iNaturalist

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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.