Orchidaceae
Snow-white paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum niveum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Paphiopedilum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 白兜兰
- English
- Snow-white paphiopedilum
- Japanese
- パフィオペディルム・ニウェウム
- Russian
- Пафиопедилюм снежный
- Thai
- รองเท้านารีขาวสตูล
Synonyms
- Cordula nivea (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Cypripedium niveum Rchb.f.
- Cypripedium niveum var. album Anon.
- Cypripedium pereirae Ridl.
- Paphiopedilum niveum f. album (Anon.) O.Gruss
- Paphiopedilum pereirae (Ridl.) P.Taylor
- Paphiopedilum pereirae (Ridl.) Schltr.
Photos
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:BotBln, 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: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Snow-white paphiopedilum: 兜蘭屬 Paphiopedilum niveum [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/%E5%85%9C%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Paphiopedilum_niveum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289229788396%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%85%9C%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Paphiopedilum_niveum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289229788396%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Snow-white paphiopedilum: 雪白兜蘭 Paphiopedilum niveum v alba [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/%E9%9B%AA%E7%99%BD%E5%85%9C%E8%98%AD_Paphiopedilum_niveum_v_alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289237503089%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%9B%AA%E7%99%BD%E5%85%9C%E8%98%AD_Paphiopedilum_niveum_v_alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289237503089%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 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.