General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 12 +10 °C (50 °F) to +15.6 °C (60 °F)
Plant Height: 6-8 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Other: Pubescent, dark green to bronze-green with prominent red to coppery-gold veining.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Terrariums
Uses: Groundcover
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Jewel Orchid
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ludisia discolor
  • Synonym: Haemaria discolor

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Uploaded by Wildbloomers
Location: Merrifield Nursery, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2018-02-06
Location: Merrifield Nursery, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-12-01
Location: Merrifield Nursery, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-12-01
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-02-10
Prairie State Orchid Society show
Location: Susquehanna Orchid Society Show at Milton & Catherine Hershey Conservatory at Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2019-02-03
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: North Garden
Date: 2013-04-13
Location: Merrifield Nursery, Falls Church, VA
Date: 2017-12-01
Entire Plant
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-17
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-01-27
Location: February, 2024
Date: 2024-02-25
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-01-28
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-01-22
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2020-01-22
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2017-08-12
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-10
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-01-17
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Date: 2006-02-04
Ludisia (Jewel Orchid)
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-14

Date: 2018-01-20
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2008-02-15
Location: North Garden
Date: 2007-02-08
Early Spring in Southern California
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: Summer 2012
Location: central Illinois
Date: 22019-02-10
orchid show
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-01-26
At USF Botanical Gardens
Location: March, 2024
Date: 2024-02-25
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-01-17
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-03-05
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-03
Uploaded by SarasotaPatty
Location: My Plant
Date: 2010-03-01
Uploaded by Lucichar
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-01-12
Uploaded by sugarcane
Uploaded by sugarcane
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2019-02-10
orchid show
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-03-18
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2014-03-18
Location: Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2015-12-22
Uploaded by Ursula
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Plano, TX
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2017-12-05
Location: My Plant
Date: 3-2010
Location: My Plant
Date: 2010-03-01
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-03
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-02-03
Uploaded by Lucichar
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-01-05
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-01-05
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2020-05-27
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-01-08
Location: Summeville, SC

photo credit: Bernd Haynold
Location: Valley View Farms, Hunt Valley, Maryland USA
Date: 2018-03-09
Location: Valley View Farms, Hunt Valley, Maryland USA
Date: 2018-03-09

Date: 2014-06-12
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2014-12-23
Uploaded by djinnevada
Uploaded by djinnevada
Uploaded by SarasotaPatty
Location: Jacksonville, Fl.
Date: 2015-12-28

photo credit: orchidgalore

photo credit: orchidgalore
Plant Events from our members
Suga On August 17, 2016 Obtained plant
skylark On March 15, 2022 Bloomed
skylark On June 15, 2020 Cuttings took
in shallow tub
skylark On January 13, 2018 Obtained plant
3" pot; has 4 flowers spikes
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