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Orchid Species: Bletia pallida
Kew currently accepted name is Bletia purpurea
Bletia pallida is an orchid species identified by G.Lodd. in 1822. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Bletia purpurea.
Genus
Bletia (Bletia.)
Grex
pallida
Parents
Species
Author
G.Lodd.
Year
1822
ORIGIN: Found in Colombia, Cuba and Jamaica.
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with subglobose, transversly annulate above pseudobulbs carrying a few, linear to lanceolate, long-acuminate, basally gradually attenuate below leaves that blooms in the winter through spring on an erect, to 32 to 36 [80 to 90 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with triangular-linear, acute floral bracts and carrying in the upper 1/3, showy, successive opening flowers that are very long lasting.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [3.75 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: Medium sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with subglobose, transversly annulate above pseudobulbs carrying a few, linear to lanceolate, long-acuminate, basally gradually attenuate below leaves that blooms in the winter through spring on an erect, to 32 to 36 [80 to 90 cm] long, laxly many flowered inflorescence with triangular-linear, acute floral bracts and carrying in the upper 1/3, showy, successive opening flowers that are very long lasting.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 inches [3.75 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | purpurea | 1840 | (Lam.) A.DC. |
| Add+ | Gyas | Gyas | verecunda | 1812 | (Salisb.) Salisb. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | acutipetala | 1833 | Hook. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | havannensis | 1838 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | pottsii | 1887 | S.Watson |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | pulchella | 1850 | auct. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | verecunda | 1813 | (Salisb.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton |
| Add+ | Helleborine | Helleborine | americana | 1821 | Steud. |
| Add+ | Limodorum | Limo | trifidum | 1803 | Michx. |
| Add+ | Limodorum | Limo | tuberosum | 1791 | Jacq. |
| Add+ | Limodorum | Limo | verecundum | 1796 | Salisb. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | expansa | 1829 | Ten. |
| Add+ | Cymbidium | Cym | altum | 1805 | Willd. |
| Add+ | Cymbidium | Cym | trifidum | 1805 | (Michx.) Sw. |
| Add+ | Cymbidium | Cym | verecundum | 1799 | (Salisb.) Sw. |
| Add+ | Epidendrum | Epi | altum | 1810 | (Willd.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
Bletia. florida 'Elaine'
(1996)
Bletia. florida 'Jordan's Jewel'
(1990)
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