One of the things I like best about gardening is that there’s no end of plants to fall in love with. Last week a garden club friend, Dorothea Thomasson, emailed me about her jewel orchid and then just ...

Q–I have recently acquired a jewel orchid, which has iridescent bronze leaves with beautiful pink veins. Can you tell me its botanical name and suggest proper care as a house plant? A–You`ve asked ...

Jewel orchids (Ludisia discolor), also known as tiger orchids, are a type of terrestrial orchid native to Southeast Asia. These easy-to-grow, low-light-tolerant orchids are prized more for their ...

This week’s list comes from “Bloom: The Secrets of Growing Flowering Houseplants Year-Round” (Quarto Publishing Group, 2022) by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf; it’s a highly desirable volume for those with an ...

A few years ago, on a trip to Venice, Fla., I attended an orchid show at a local church and came across a beautiful new plant: Jewel Orchid, Ludisia discolor. Jewel Orchids are so called because of ...

When a senior orchid curator of a major botanical garden writes an orchid book, people take notice. They look again when home and garden diva Martha Stewart adds her recommendation to the back cover.

Jewel orchids (Anoechilus Roxburghii) have been exploited spontaneously for export to China. Meanwhile, this is an endangered precious plant variety, which must not be exploited for commercial ...

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