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);

 

Distribution: S. China to Sumatera and Philippines 

 

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Orchid for ID : 170511 : AK-3: Taken at the 'Flower Show' at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on the 19th of Feb, 2011.
Name given was Black Jewel Orchid, Ludisa discolor.

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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.

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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

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This could be Ludisia discolor, posted by me earlier and identified by our Orchid expert ...

Cute, yes this is Ludisia discolor

Orchidaceae fortnight : Jewel Orchid for ID : MN15 : 1 image. 3 posts by 3 authors.

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This looks like Ludisia discolor to me.

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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. 

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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.

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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.
Bot. name: Ludisia discolor ??
Family: Orchidaceae

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Yes Ludisia discolor.

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