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'''''Bletia''''' is a [[genus]] of about 30 [[species]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae), almost of all of which are terrestrial, some are occasionally [[lithophytic]] or [[epiphytic]]. It is named after [[Spain|Spanish]] [[botanist]] and [[pharmacist]] [[Don Luis Blet]]. The genus is distributed from [[Florida]] south to [[Brazil]]. {{Inc| Bletia (named for Louis Blet, a Spanish botanist). Orchidaceae. Terrestrial orchids with globose or depressed pseudobulbs, from the apex of which arises a leafy. st.; mostly hothouse plants. Leaves plicate-veined: fls. borne on a lateral leafless st.; sepals and petals spreading, similar, or the latter broader; lip attached to the base of the column, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes erect, the middle lobe spreading, the disk with several entire or denticulate-crisped ridges; pollinia 8.—A genus of about 20 species in Trop. Amer. B. camponulata, La Llave & Lex. Fls. bell-shaped, purple, with white center. Mex.—B. hyacinthina, R. Br.-Bletia.—B. patula, Hook. Fls. up to 2 in. across, deep pink. Said to be a native of Haiti.—B. Tankervilleae, R. Br.-Phaius. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== The following genera: '''''Anthogyas''''' [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]], '''''Bletiana''''' [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]], '''''Crybe''''' [[John Lindley|Lindl.]], '''''Gyas''''' [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]], '''''Regnellia''''' [[Barb. Rodr.]] and '''''Thiebautia''''' [[Luigi Aloysius Colla|Colla]] have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Bletia''. List of species * ''[[Bletia adenocarpa]]'' Rchb.f. (1856) * ''[[Bletia amabilis]]'' C.Schweinf. (1938) * ''[[Bletia antillana]]'' M.A.Diaz & Sosa (1997) * ''[[Bletia campanulata]]'' Lex. (1825) * ''[[Bletia candida]]'' Kraenzl. (1920) * ''[[Bletia catenulata]]'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798 * ''[[Bletia coccinea]]'' Lex. (1825) * ''[[Bletia concolor]]'' Dressler (1968) * ''[[Bletia ensifolia]]'' L.O.Williams (1946) * ''[[Bletia florida]]'' (Salisb.) R.Br. (1813) * ''[[Bletia gracilis]]'' Lodd. (1833) * ''[[Bletia greenmaniana]]'' L.O.Williams (1946) * ''[[Bletia greenwoodiana]]'' Sosa (1994) * ''[[Bletia lilacina]]'' A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845) * ''[[Bletia macristhmochila]]'' Greenm. (1897) * ''[[Bletia meridana]]'' (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. (1976) * ''[[Bletia neglecta]]'' Sosa (1994) * ''[[Bletia nelsonii]]'' Ames (1922) * ''[[Bletia netzeri]]'' Senghas (1993) * ''[[Bletia parkinsonii]]'' Hook. (1839) * ''[[Bletia parviflora]]'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798) * ''[[Bletia patula]]'' Hook. (1836) * ''[[Bletia punctata]]'' Lex. (1825) * ''[[Bletia purpurata]]'' A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845) * ''[[Bletia purpurea]]'' (Lam.) DC. (1840) * ''[[Bletia reflexa]]'' Lindl. (1836) * ''[[Bletia repanda]]'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798) * ''[[Bletia riparia]]'' Sosa & Palestina (2002) * ''[[Bletia roezlii]]'' Rchb.f. (1876) * ''[[Bletia similis]]'' Dressler (1968) * ''[[Bletia stenophylla]]'' Schltr. (1919) * ''[[Bletia tenuifolia]]'' Ames & C.Schweinf. (1933) * ''[[Bletia uniflora]]'' Ruiz & Pav. (1798) * ''[[Bletia urbana]]'' Dressler (1968) * ''[[Bletia warfordiana]]'' Sosa (1994) ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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