I was out in the woods today with my dogs, looking for mosses and lichens for the terrariums I have been making, when I came across a small group of little cool looking plants at the base of a tree. This forest is very acidic, home to hemlocks and other evergreens. I dug up a few that didn't have what looked like flower stalks on them. I planted them in a shallow dish with other mosses, and as I was looking at them, it occurred to me that they look a lot like jewel orchids. I grow phals and oncs, and was never interested in jewel orchids-until now. Can this be an actual jewel orchid-growing in the deep woods at the base of a tree? And if it is, and it's been growing in dense acidic soil, why would I need to plant it in spag moss-or anything else? Anyone care to jump in here?

