Cypripedium elegans

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Cypripedium

| species = elegans

| authority = Rchb.f. (1886)Rchb. f. Flora 69: 561 1886

| image = Cypripedium elegans (Sikkim, India).jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| synonyms = Coelogyne elegans Rchb.f.Rchb. f. Flora 561 1886

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Cypripedium elegans is a lady's-slipper orchid found in Nepal, Bhutan, the Indian Himalayas, Tibet, and Yunnan.{{Cite web |title=Cypripedium elegans in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242316552 |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.efloras.org}}{{Cite web |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=54056 |access-date= |website=wcsp.science.kew.org}} It grows in thickets, forest margins and humus rich soil in forests.