Orchidaceae
Black jewel orchid
Ludisia discolor
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Ludisia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bulgarian
- Двуцветна лудисия
- Chinese
- 血叶兰, 血葉蘭, 异色血叶兰, 美國金線蓮
- chm
- Лӱдизий
- English
- Black jewel orchid
- Finnish
- Ludisia
- Japanese
- ホンコンシュスラン
- kv
- Людизия
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji liudizija, Liudizija
- Malay
- Beledu merah
- Russian
- Лудисия двуцветная, Лудизия двухцветная, Лудизия двуцветная
- Spanish
- Orquídeas Joya
- Thai
- ว่านน้ำทอง
Synonyms
- Anoectochilus dawsonianus H.Low ex Rchb.f.
- Anoectochilus ordeanus S.Jenn.
- Anoectochilus ordianus hort.
- Anoectochilus ordianus K.Koch
- Anoectochilus rubrovenia E.J.Lowe & W.Howard
- Dicrophyla elegans Raf.
- Gonogona discolor (Ker Gawl.) Link
- Goodyera dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) W.Bull
- Goodyera discolor Ker Gawl.
- Goodyera ordeana (S.Jenn.) Boxall ex Náves
- Goodyera ordiana K.Koch
- Goodyera rodigasciana L.Linden
- Goodyera rubrovenia B.S.Williams
- Haemaria dawsoniana Haasselb.
- Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hook.f.
- Haemaria dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Hasselbr.
- Haemaria discolor (Ker Gawl.) Lindl.
- Haemaria discolor var. concolor Ridl.
- Haemaria discolor var. condorensis Gagnep.
- Haemaria discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams
- Haemaria discolor var. denisoniana Kerch.
- Haemaria discolor var. grandis Gagnep.
- Haemaria discolor var. ordeana (Jennings) B.S.Williams
- Haemaria discolor var. ordeana (S.Jenn.) B.S.Williams
- Haemaria discolor var. rhodoneura Schltr.
- Haemaria discolor var. trilineata Schltr.
- Haemaria otletae Rolfe
- Haemaria pauciflora Gagnep.
- Haemaria rubrovenia (B.S.Williams) Rchb.f. ex Stein
- Kuhlhasseltia carrii Holttum
- Ludisia dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) Aver.
- Ludisia discolor var. dawsoniana (H.Low ex Rchb.f.) J.M.H.Shaw
- Ludisia discolor var. ordiana (K.Koch) J.M.H.Shaw
- Ludisia furetii Blume
- Ludisia odorata Blume
- Ludisia otletae (Rolfe) Aver.
- Myoda rufescens Lindl.
- Neottia discolor (Ker Gawl.) Steud.
- Orchiodes discolor (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Assianir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Assianir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.