Raffi at 19:38, 10 February 2010

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Murali.lalitha at 09:37, 10 February 2010

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Envoy at 10:28, 26 June 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Bletia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
| alliance = Calanthe
| genus = '''''Bletia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]], [[1794]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Bletia altilamellata]]''
*''[[Bletia catenulata]]''
*''[[Bletia ensiformis]]''
*''[[Bletia parkinsonii]]''
*''[[Bletia patula]]''
*''[[Bletia purpurea]]''
*''[[Bletia reflexa]]''
*''[[Bletia striata]]''
*''[[Bletia uniflora]]''
*etc.
}}

'''''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]].

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''.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]

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 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.
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 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. M. 3518.—B. Tankervilleae, R. Br.-Phaius.
+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.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
-| name = ''Bletia''
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+===Propagation===
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
-| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
-| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
+===Pests and diseases===
 The following genera: '''''Anthogyas''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Bletiana''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Crybe''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]]</small>, '''''Gyas''''' <small>[[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]]</small>, '''''Regnellia''''' <small>[[Barb. Rodr.]]</small> and '''''Thiebautia''''' <small>[[Luigi Aloysius Colla|Colla]]</small> have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Bletia''.
-[[Category:Orchid genera]]

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	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.		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.
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		+	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. M. 3518.—B. Tankervilleae, R. Br.-Phaius.
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		+	\|genus=Bletia
		+	\|Temp Metric=°F
		+	\|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
		+	\|image=Upload.png
		+	\|image_width=240
		+	}}
		+	{{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.
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		+	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.
		+	}}
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	{{Taxobox		{{Taxobox
	\| color = lightgreen		\| color = lightgreen

Bletia - Revision history

Raffi at 19:38, 10 February 2010

Murali.lalitha at 09:37, 10 February 2010

Murali.lalitha at 09:32, 10 February 2010

Envoy at 10:28, 26 June 2007