Goodyera Hispida

Goodyera hispida is a jewel orchid with thin, sharp-looking leaves (with the name ’hispida’ meaning bristly or hairy), and tiny, sparking white veins that glisten in the understory of tropical East-Asian rainforests, around the Himalayas. While its native climate makes it adaptable to extreme climates (on mountain crevices, for example), it’s lesser known in the human world than its North American counterparts, known as rattlesnake plaintains (also goodyera), which were used for clearing toxins in the blood, lungs and skin (though scientific evidence on these treatments are sparse as well).