Ludisia discolor

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ludisia discolor']

• English: Black Jewel Orchid
• български: двуцветна лудисия
• español: Orquídeas Joya
• suomi: Ludisia
• 日本語: ホンコンシュスラン
• коми: Людизия
• lietuvių: Paprastoji liudizija
• олык марий: Лӱдизий
• Bahasa Melayu: Beledu merah
• русский: Лудисия двуцветная
• ไทย: ว่านน้ำทอง
• 中文: 血葉蘭, 美國金線蓮, 血叶兰, 异色血叶兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 血叶兰
• 中文（简体）: 血叶兰, 异色血叶兰
• 中文（繁體）: 血葉蘭
• 中文（香港）: 血葉蘭
• 中文（新加坡）: 血叶兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 血葉蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Goodyerinae • Genus: Ludisia • Species: Ludisia discolor (Ker Gawl.) A. Rich. (1825)

Synonyms

Basionym Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 271. (1818) Homotypic synonyms 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) Heterotypic synonyms Myoda rufescens Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 19: t. 1618. (1834) Dicrophyla elegans Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 39. (1838) Ludisia furetii Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114. (1859) Ludisia odorata Blume, Coll. Orchid.: 114. (1859) 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 Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 130. (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 Berthold 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.) Hasselbr. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 3: 1426. (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)

Images of the whole plant

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  Ludisia discolor

Flowers

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  Ludisia discolor 'Dawsoniana'
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  Ludisia discolor 'Dawsoniana'
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  Ludisia discolor 'Dawsoniana'
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  Ludisia discolor
  'Dawsoniana'
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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  Ludisia discolor
  (as syn.
  Goodyera discolor)
  plate 271 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 4,
  (1818)
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  Ludisia discolor
  (as syn.
  Goodyera discolor)
  plate 2055 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 46,
  (1819)
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  Ludisia discolor
  (as syn.
  Anoectochilus (Goodyera) ordeana)
  in: Samuel Jennings:
  "Orchids and how to grow them"
  (1875)

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  Ludisia discolor
  (as syn.
  Haemaria dawsoniana)
  plate 7486 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 52,
  (1896)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ludisia discolor.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Ludisia discolor