Orchidaceae
Ward's paphiopedilum
Paphiopedilum wardii
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Paphiopedilum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Burmese
- သစ်ခွနက်
- Chinese
- 彩云兜兰, 硬葉兜蘭, 硬叶兜兰, 缅甸兜兰, 缅甸兜蘭
- English
- Ward's paphiopedilum
Synonyms
- Cypripedium vernayi Kingdon-Ward
- Cypripedium wardianum E.W.Cooper
- Paphiopedilum brevilabium Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang
- Paphiopedilum burmanicum J.Yong Zhang & Z.J.Liu
- Paphiopedilum microchilum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen
- Paphiopedilum multifolium Z.J.Liu & J.Yong Zhang
- Paphiopedilum wardii f. alboviride (O.Gruss & Roeth) Braem
- Paphiopedilum wardii f. ying-xiangii F.Y.Liu & Z.F.Zhao
- Paphiopedilum wardii var. alboviride O.Gruss & Roeth
Photos

Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Ward's paphiopedilum: [Yunnan, China / 中国雲南省] SECTION Barbata ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Kraenzl. ) V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. , Lindleyana 9(2): 137 (1994](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850515726728%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850515726728%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Ward's paphiopedilum: [Yunnan, China / 中国雲南省] SECTION Barbata ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Kraenzl. ) V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. , Lindleyana 9(2): 137 (1994](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850516611847%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850516611847%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Ward's paphiopedilum: [Yunnan, China / 中国雲南省] SECTION Barbata ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Kraenzl. ) V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. , Lindleyana 9(2): 137 (1994](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850542496081%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850542496081%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Ward's paphiopedilum: [Yunnan, China / 中国雲南省] SECTION Barbata ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Kraenzl. ) V.A.Albert & Börge Pett. , Lindleyana 9(2): 137 (1994](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850541769053%29.jpg/1280px-Paphiopedilum_wardii_%27Star_Wars%27_HCC_AJOS_BM_JOGA_Summerh.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_ser._3%2C_92_446_%281932%29_%2850541769053%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, 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.