The species is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

彩云兜被世界自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录列为濒危物种。

It is the only known wild population of such plants in China.

是我国目前唯一已知的彩云兜野生居群。

Chinese scientists have found a rare plant species Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

近日，我国科研人员在云高黎贡山国家级自然保护区福贡段发现国家一级重点保护野生植物彩云兜。

It was identified as the rare species Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes by experts with the Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

经中国科学院植物研究所科专家鉴定，该植物被确定为极度濒危物种——彩云兜。

On Feb. 27, researchers discovered a wild Paphiopedilum plant in the hillside grass at an altitude of more than 1,300 meters in the Gaoligong Mountains.

上月 27 日，研究人员在高黎贡山海拔一千三百多米的山坡草丛中，发现了一种野生的兜属植物。

In early 2023, the staff of the Fugong management branch of the Gaoligong Mountains national nature reserve started a field investigation on Paphiopedilum.

高黎贡山国家级自然保护区福贡管护分局工作人员于 2023 年初对兜属植物开启野外实地调查。

According to Jin, the species is only distributed in southwestern Yunnan and northern Myanmar. Its flowering period is from December to March of the following year.

中国科学院植物研究所研究员金效华介绍，彩云兜仅分布于我国云西部和缅甸北部等地，花期为每年 12 月至次年 3 月。

" Since 2004, I have gone to the Gaoligong Mountains for some 100 field investigations and found more than 30 new species of Orchidaceae, but not a single wild plant of Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes, " said Jin Xiaohua, a researcher from the institute.

“我从 2004 年起前往高黎贡山进行了上百次野外调查，在当地发现科植物种三十多种，但一直没有发现野生的彩云兜。”