Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) A.Rich., Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 7: 437 1825. (Syn: Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f. .; Dicrophyla elegans Raf. [Illegitimate]; Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link; Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl. ….; Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselb. …; Haemaria discolor var. concolor Ridl. …..; Haemaria otletae Rolfe …; Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum; Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver. …..; Myoda rufescens Lindl.; Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud.; Orchiodes discolor (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze); . S. China to Sumatera and Philippines: Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO; .
Orchid for ID : 170511 : AK-3: this is Ludisia discolor. One of the Jewel Orchids. Please wait for the flower to confirm. Its a monotypic genera not found in India in Wild but just outside India in a wide range. I imagine if we search properly we can find it in North east. This plant does very good in Indian gardens.
Requesting ID of this plant : 27032012 : ARK-03 : Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors. Requesting ID of this plant captured in Mumbai VJTI Flower Show 2013 This could be Ludisia discolor, posted by me earlier and identified by our Orchid expert … Cute, yes this is Ludisia discolor This looks like Ludisia discolor to me.
ORCHIDACEAE Juss.: Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) A.Rich. from Hong Kong – PKS-17 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 4 authors. Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) A.Rich. in J.B.G.Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 7: 437 (1825). Synonyms: Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 271 (1818). Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 2: 551 (1821). Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 369 (1822). Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 490 (1840). Orchiodes discolor (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891). Myoda rufescens Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618 (1833). Dicrophyla elegans Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 39 (1838), nom. illeg. Ludisia furetii Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114 (1859). Ludisia odorata Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114 (1859). Anoectochilus rubrovenia E.J.Lowe & W.Howard, Beaut. Leaved Pl.: 71 (1860). Goodyera rubrovenia B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 106 (1862). Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1868: 1038 (1868). Anoectochilus ordianus K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 130 (1871), nom. subnud. Goodyera dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 66 (1871). Goodyera ordiana B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 82 (1871). Anoectochilus ordeanus Jennings, Orchids: t. 43 (1875). Goodyera ordeana (Jennings) Boxall ex Náves in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, 4(13A): 248 (1880). Goodyera rodigasciana L.Linden, Ill. Hort. 34: 175 (1886). Haemaria otletae Rolfe, Ill. Hort. 38: 31 (1891). Haemaria rubrovenia (B.S.Williams) Rchb.f. ex Stein, Orchid.-Buch: 274 (1891). Haemaria discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 419 (1894). Haemaria discolor var. denisoniana Kerch., Livre Orchid.: t. 6, f. 5 (1894). Haemaria discolor var. ordeana (Jennings) B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 7: 419 (1894). Haemaria discolor var. concolor Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 401 (1896). Haemaria discolor var. rhodoneura Schltr., Orchis 7: 5 (1913). Haemaria discolor var. trilineata Schltr., Orchis 7: 5 (1913). Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselb. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1427 (1915). Haemaria pauciflora Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 349 (1933). Haemaria discolor var. condorensis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 562 (1934). Haemaria discolor var. grandis Gagnep. in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 562 (1934). Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum, Gard. Bull. Singapore 11: 281 (1947). Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 432 (1988). Ludisia otletae (Rolfe) Aver., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 73: 432 (1988). Ludisia discolor var. ordiana (B.S.Williams) J.M.H.Shaw, Orchid Rev. 117(1285, Suppl.): 85 (2009). Distribution: S. China to Sumatera and Philippines Present pics taken in Hong Kong. Words fall short for admiring the beauty of these flowers, and the skills of capturing..
Orchidaceae Fortnight : Ludisia discolor (Jewel orchid) : MN 42 : 2 images. 5 posts by 5 authors. Ludisia discolor .. seen at an exhibition at Thane. Yes Ludisia discolor.
Orchidaceae fortnight ::Ludisia discolor?? :: Mumbai :: PKA31::: : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. I had seen this Orchid in a Flower expo here in Mumbai. Yes Ludisia discolor.
Family: Orchidaceae Place: Hong Kong
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Ludisia discolor (Cultivated)
Updated on June 14, 2025