CHINA-YUNNAN-RARE PLANT-DISCOVERY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-RARE PLANT-DISCOVERY (CN)

(230304) -- KUNMING, March 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2023 shows a Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes in the Gaoligong Mountains in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Chinese scientists have found a rare plant species Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes in southwest China's Yunnan Province. It is the only known wild population of such plants in China. TO GO WITH "Rare orchid species found in China's Yunnan" (Photo by Shen Xiuying/Xinhua)

CHINA-YUNNAN-RARE PLANT-DISCOVERY (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-RARE PLANT-DISCOVERY (CN)

(230304) -- KUNMING, March 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 27, 2023 shows a Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes in the Gaoligong Mountains in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Chinese scientists have found a rare plant species Paphiopedilum wardii Summerhayes in southwest China's Yunnan Province. It is the only known wild population of such plants in China. TO GO WITH "Rare orchid species found in China's Yunnan" (Photo by Shen Xiuying/Xinhua)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SOUTH CHINA NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN (CN)

CHINA-GUANGDONG-SOUTH CHINA NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN (CN)

(220711) -- GUANGZHOU, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member conducts a proliferation operation on paphiopedilum at South China National Botanical Garden in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province on July 4, 2022. China's second national botanical garden South China National Botanical Garden was officially inaugurated here Monday, after the country's first was unveiled in its capital city Beijing in April of this year. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)