Wild collected is not necessarily bad. Raising Rarities has a state permit to collect Cypripediums that are threatened by encroachment of habitat by road work or other construction. They sell them as 'Rescued plants'

Yours is lovely, wild collected or otherwise.

Nick

We have the same thing here in MN, but they're mainly concerned with the showy stuff - Cyps, etc.

Tucker

I. too have a Jewel orchid, but I think the dark veined leaves are better looking than the bloom itself.

True - the flowers are interesting, but hardly showy. I'll try to post a picture when it blooms this fall.

Tucker