Bletia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		orchid

Cultivation

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.

Read about Bletia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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

• 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)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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