Orchidaceae
Purple paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum purpuratum
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Paphiopedilum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Cantonese
- 香港拖鞋蘭
- Chinese
- 紫紋兜蘭, 紫纹兜兰, 香港兜兰, 香港兜蘭, 香港拖鞋兰, 香港拖鞋蘭, 中华杓兰, 紫纹兜兰海南变种
- English
- Purple paphiopedilum
Synonyms
- Cordula purpurata (Lindl.) Rolfe
- Cypripedium purpuratum Lindl.
- Cypripedium purpuratum var. obscurum Robert Stone ex J.Dix
- Cypripedium sinicum Hance ex Walp.
- Cypripedium sinicum Hance ex Rchb.f.
- Menephora bicolor Raf.
- Paphiopedilum aestivum Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang
- Paphiopedilum purpuratum f. album O.Gruss & Koop.
- Paphiopedilum purpuratum var. hainanense F.Y.Liu & Perner
- Paphiopedilum sinicum (Hance ex Rchb.f.) Stein
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, 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: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cedricguppy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cedricguppy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.