Abstract: A comparative study between Paphiopedilum malipoense S.C.Chen et Z.H.Tsi and its allies was dealed with in the present paper. All four taxa are treated as varieties of the same species: P. malipoense var. malipoense, P.malipoense var. jackii, P.malipoense var.hiepii and P.malipoense var. angustatum. Their diagnostic characters are tabulated, and a line drawing is provided.

Key words: Paphiopedilum malipoense