Ludisia

Characterize

The Special Orchid is mainly kept for its beautiful leaves, these are dark green in color and have dark red veins. The inflorescence of this one plant is a bunch of ten or twenty small, white, scented flowers with a winding, yellow gynostemium. When they get space, they will soon start growing in bushes.

Main feature

Although this orchid gets cute flowers, this plant revolves around the special glittering leaves. The plant is therefore better known as the "jewel orchid’.

Origin

Ludisia is a monotypical genus, which occurs in China and Southeast Asia. It is a terrestrial plant that can be found along the banks of rivers and on the ground in forests. This is also the reason that these are relative Compact lasting orchid comfortable can be held in a terrarium. So if you have a nice and special plant searches for one terrarium Or paludarium, this is a very suitable choice!