海伦兜兰(Paphiopedilum helenae Aver.),为近年来新发现的兰科兜兰属植物,其突出的特点为中萼片黄色,花瓣橙色,狭长圆形或略带匙形,边缘直,唇瓣橙褐色,退化雄蕊为近圆形。1996年被首次报道,分布于越南北部高平省。我国2005年在广西西部发现有分布,并于2007年正式报道。海伦兜兰目前在我国的种群数量很少,报道的仅有35株,为地生兰,生长在石灰岩地貌近山顶处 Paphiopedilum helenae Aver. Is a newly discovered Cymbidium genus in recent years. Its prominent features are sepals yellow, petal orange, narrowly oblong or slightly spatulate, margin straight, lip orange Brown, staminodes suborbicular. First reported in 1996, located in Gaoping province in northern Vietnam. China in 2005 found in western Guangxi distribution, and officially reported in 2007. Helen Paphiopedilum is currently in our country a small number of populations, reported only 35 strains, as the raw orchid, growth in the limestone topography near the top