Orchidaceae
Java paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum javanicum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Paphiopedilum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 爪哇兜舌兰
- English
- Java paphiopedilum
- Latvian
- Javas Veneras kurpīte
Synonyms
- Cordula javanica (Reinw. ex Lindl.) Rolfe
- Cordula virens (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Cypripedium javanicum Reinw. ex Blume
- Cypripedium javanicum Reinw. ex Blume
- Cypripedium javanicum Reinw. ex Lindl.
- Cypripedium javanicum var. majus F.Buyss.
- Cypripedium virens Rchb.f.
- Paphiopedilum javanicum f. nymphenburgianum (Roeth & O.Gruss) P.J.Cribb
- Paphiopedilum javanicum var. javanicum
- Paphiopedilum javanicum var. nymphenburgianum Roeth & O.Gruss
- Paphiopedilum javanicum var. virens (Rchb.f.) Stein
- Paphiopedilum purpurascens Fowlie
- Paphiopedilum virens (Rchb.f.) Pfitz
Photos

Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841932510352%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841932510352%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2840169942480%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2840169942480%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2827108078777%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2827108078777%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2828105744498%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2828105744498%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841258422534%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841258422534%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda Is. (42 BOR JAW LSI](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841077507855%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2841077507855%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州高地] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879236131%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879236131%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州高地] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879248331%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879248331%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Java paphiopedilum: [Highland in Sabah Borneo, Malaysia / マレーシア ボルネオ島 サバ州高地] SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Barbata SUBSECTION Chloroneura Distribution: W. Malesia to Lesser Sunda](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879276451%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_javanicum_%28Reinw._ex_Lindl.%29_Pfitzer%2C_Jahrb._Wiss._Bot._19_165_%281888%29_%2849879276451%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, 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.