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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.
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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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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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| name = ''Bletia''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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===Propagation===
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
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| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
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| tribus = [[Arethuseae]]
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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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==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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