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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]].
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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.
 
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.
 
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. Tankervilleae, R. Br.-Phaius.
 
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==Cultivation==
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| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
 
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| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
 
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| subtribus = [[Bletiinae]]
 
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| alliance = Calanthe
 
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| genus = '''''Bletia'''''
 
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| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]], [[1794]]
 
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*''[[Bletia altilamellata]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia catenulata]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia ensiformis]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia parkinsonii]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia patula]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia purpurea]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia reflexa]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia striata]]''
 
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*''[[Bletia uniflora]]''
 
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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]].
 
  
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==Species==
 
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''.
 
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''.
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List of species
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* ''[[Bletia adenocarpa]]'' <small> Rchb.f. (1856)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia amabilis]]'' <small> C.Schweinf. (1938)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia antillana]]'' <small> M.A.Diaz & Sosa (1997)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia campanulata]]'' <small> Lex. (1825)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia candida]]'' <small> Kraenzl. (1920)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia catenulata]]'' <small> Ruiz & Pav.  (1798</small>
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* ''[[Bletia coccinea]]'' <small> Lex. (1825)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia concolor]]'' <small> Dressler (1968)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia ensifolia]]'' <small> L.O.Williams (1946)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia florida]]'' <small> (Salisb.) R.Br. (1813)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia gracilis]]'' <small> Lodd. (1833)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia greenmaniana]]'' <small> L.O.Williams (1946)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia greenwoodiana]]'' <small> Sosa (1994)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia lilacina]]'' <small> A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia macristhmochila]]'' <small> Greenm. (1897)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia meridana]]'' <small> (Rchb.f.) Garay & Dunst. (1976)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia neglecta]]'' <small> Sosa (1994)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia nelsonii]]'' <small> Ames (1922)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia netzeri]]'' <small> Senghas (1993)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia parkinsonii]]'' <small> Hook. (1839)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia parviflora]]'' <small> Ruiz & Pav. (1798)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia patula]]'' <small> Hook. (1836)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia punctata]]'' <small> Lex. (1825)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia purpurata]]'' <small> A.Rich. & Galeotti (1845)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia purpurea]]'' <small> (Lam.) DC. (1840)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia reflexa]]'' <small> Lindl. (1836)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia repanda]]'' <small> Ruiz & Pav. (1798)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia riparia]]'' <small> Sosa & Palestina (2002)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia roezlii]]'' <small> Rchb.f. (1876)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia similis]]'' <small> Dressler (1968)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia stenophylla]]'' <small> Schltr. (1919)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia tenuifolia]]'' <small> Ames & C.Schweinf. (1933)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia uniflora]]'' <small> Ruiz & Pav. (1798)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia urbana]]'' <small> Dressler (1968)</small>
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* ''[[Bletia warfordiana]]'' <small> Sosa (1994)</small>
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

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Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost of all of which are terrestrial, some are occasionally lithophytic or epiphytic. It is named after Spanish botanist and pharmacist Don Luis Blet. The genus is distributed from Florida south to Brazil.


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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.

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.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Species

The following genera: Anthogyas Raf., Bletiana Raf., Crybe Lindl., Gyas Salisb., Regnellia Barb. Rodr. and Thiebautia Colla have been brought into synonymy with Bletia.

List of species

Gallery

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References

External links


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