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Bletia
Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids (family Orchidaceae), almost 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 widespread across Florida, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America as far south as Argentina.
51 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pine Pink
speciesBletia purpurea
crested coralroot
speciesBletia spicata
Bletia roezlii
speciesBletia roezlii
Glass Mountain Crested Coralroot
speciesBletia nitida
Largeflower Crested Coralroot
speciesBletia mexicana
Bletia neglecta
speciesBletia neglecta
Bletia campanulata
speciesBletia campanulata
Texas Crested Coralroot
speciesBletia warnockii
Flor de Pasmo
speciesBletia patula
Bletia catenulata
speciesBletia catenulata
Bletia jucunda
speciesBletia jucunda
Arizona crested coralroot
speciesBletia arizonica
Bletia macristhmochila
speciesBletia macristhmochila
Bletia purpurata
speciesBletia purpurata
Bletia parkinsonii
speciesBletia parkinsonii
Bletia brevicaulis
speciesBletia brevicaulis
Bletia reflexa
speciesBletia reflexa
Bletia adenocarpa
speciesBletia adenocarpa
Bletia gracilis
speciesBletia gracilis
Bletia coccinea
speciesBletia coccinea
Bletia ensifolia
speciesBletia ensifolia
Bletia warfordiana
speciesBletia warfordiana
Bletia greenwoodiana
speciesBletia greenwoodiana
Bletia lilacina
speciesBletia lilacina
Chisos Mountain Crested Coralroot
speciesBletia revoluta
Carter’s orchid
speciesBletia corallicola
Bletia punctata
speciesBletia punctata
Bletia amabilis
speciesBletia amabilis
Bletia urbana
speciesBletia urbana
Coleman's Coralroot
speciesBletia colemanii
Bletia villae
speciesBletia villae
Bletia parva
speciesBletia parva
Bletia greenmaniana
speciesBletia greenmaniana
Bletia antillana
speciesBletia antillana
Bletia nelsonii
speciesBletia nelsonii
Bletia stenophylla
speciesBletia stenophylla
Bletia florida
speciesBletia florida
Bletia santosii
speciesBletia santosii
Bletia concolor
speciesBletia concolor
Bletia tenuifolia
speciesBletia tenuifolia
Bletia carabiaiana
speciesBletia carabiaiana
Bletia mixtecana
speciesBletia mixtecana
Bletia volubilis
speciesBletia volubilis
Bletia meridana
speciesBletia meridana
Bletia × similis
hybridBletia × similis
Bletia × tamayoana
hybridBletia × tamayoana
Bletia riparia
speciesBletia riparia
Basiphyllaea sarcophylla
speciesBasiphyllaea sarcophylla
Bletia fallax
speciesBletia fallax
Bletia wrightii
speciesBletia wrightii
Bletia candida
speciesBletia candida
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Bletia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 142497.