在花店里常见的兜兰(拖鞋兰)Paphiopedilums (Lady’sShipper Orchid)大多属于芭菲尔鞋兰属(Paphiopedilum)。Pa-phiopedilum这个字由两个希腊字paphos和pedilon并合而成,前者是维纳斯女神庙所在小岛的名字,后者则是拖鞋的意思。芭菲尔鞋兰源自远东,由约100种陆生和少数半附生的兰花组成。北至中国和喜马拉雅山脉,南至菲律宾和马来西亚等地,以至新几内亚和所罗门群岛一带,都有其影踪。兜兰的形貌别树一帜,其袋状的唇瓣,正是拖鞋兰名字的由来,唇瓣对上位置的背萼片,宽大亮丽,与唇瓣相映成趣,更添丝丝美感。兜兰的花瓣,边缘多呈波浪纹,并长有束 Paphiopedilums (Lady’s Shipper Orchid), most commonly found in flower shops, belong to the genus Paphiopedilum. The word Pa-phiopedilum is a combination of the two Greek words paphos and pedilon, the former being the name of the island where the Venus Temple is located and the latter being the meaning of slippers. From the Far East, the Baphne Shoeland consists of about 100 terrestrial and few semi-epiphytic orchids. North to China and the Himalayas, to the Philippines and Malaysia to the south, and to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Paphiopedilla cardinal shape, its bag-like lip, it is the origin of the name of the slipper, lip on the back of the sepals, wide and bright, and the lip side by side into the fun, but also add a touch of beauty. Paphiopedilum petals, the edge was mostly wave pattern, and a long bundle