The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Paphiopedilum tigrinum
Paphiopedilum tigrinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae. It is native to eastern and western Yunnan province in China and to northeastern Myanmar. It is a terrestrial, epiphytic, or lithophytic perennial orchid which flowers from May to August. Its native habitat is moist montane forests from 1,200 to 2,500 meters elevation. It grows in moist well-drained and humus-rich soils, on mossy limestone cliffs, and on trees. It grows in moderate shade, often under trees or at thicket margins.
It is a rare species with few restricted and localized populations. It is threatened by habitat loss from deforestation and fire, and from over-collecting. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Endangered.
Pointed Tooth Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum adductum · Appleton's Paphiopedilum · Argus Paphiopedilum · Golden slipper orchid · Bearded Paphiopedilum · Beard carrying Paphiopedilum · Egg-in-a-nest orchid · Bougainville Paphiopedilum · Bullen's Paphiopedilum · Callus Paphiopedilum · Paphiopedilum subg. Megastaminodium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paphiopedilum tigrinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
