[Guest]

I went for a hike yesterday and spent some time snapping shots of rock oucroppings, cedar swamps, moss walls, etc. to get ideas for viv setups. As I was tromping toward the river, I noticed a very small group of plants huddled under a small fir tree. They looked very 'orchid like,' so I snapped a few shots. Did a little research...and I seemed to have found Goodyera oblongifolia.

Group shot

Up close

Withered spike (about 2 months too late for the show)

 

[*GREASER*]

Is a lady sliper an orchid?

 

[Guest]

Yup. There are a few genus that people consider 'lady slippers.'

 

[Homer]

I thought Goodyera were considered jewel orchids along with Macodes, Anoectochilus, and Ludisia. Lady slipper orchids are usually Paphs and Phrags.

 

[melissa68]

A common name for them is Rattlesnake Orchid, isn't it? I agree with Homer, it is a Goodyera, a jewel orchid.

I thought Goodyera were considered jewel orchids along with Macodes, Anoectochilus, and Ludisia. Lady slipper orchids are usually Paphs and Phrags.

 

[Guest]

Homer and Melissa, I don't think GREASER was asking if my orchid was a 'lady slipper'...he was just asking if 'lady slippers' were orchids. I think it was just a general orchid question.

As for the common name, the most common one seems to be Rattlesnake plantain...but I'm not a big fan of common names.

 

[Homer]

My bad. I read quickly and thought it read "is that a lady slipper orchid."

 

[Michael Shrom]

Aneachtochilus, Ludisia, Macodes, Doecilium, and Goodyera are all loosely called jewel or painted leaf orchids. Hoosier orchids has done a lot of work with these. They have done some weird crosses between different genuses you wouldn't think would work. The orchid in the picture looks like a Goodyera. The U. S. native lady slipper orchids are Cypripedium. I have both Goodyera and Cypripedium orchids growing in my flower beds.