Bletia

Bletia is a genus of about 30 species of orchids, 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.

List of species

Accepted species include:

Bletia adenocarpa Rchb.f.
Bletia altilamellata Garay
Bletia amabilis C.Schweinf.
Bletia antillana M.A.Diaz & Sosa
Bletia arizonica Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia brevicaulis Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia campanulata Lex.
Bletia candida Kraenzl.
Bletia carabiaiana L.O.Williams
Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pav.
Bletia coccinea Lex.
Bletia colemanii Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia concolor Dressler
Bletia corallicola Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia × ekmanii Serguera & Sánchez Los.
Bletia ensifolia L.O.Williams
Bletia fallax Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia florida R.Br.
Bletia gracilis Lodd.
Bletia greenmaniana L.O.Williams
Bletia greenwoodiana Sosa
Bletia hamiltoniana Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia hoffmannii Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia lilacina A.Rich. & Galeotti
Bletia macristhmochila Greenm.
Bletia meridana Garay & Dunst.
Bletia mexicana Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia mixtecana Salazar & C.Chávez
Bletia neglecta Sosa
Bletia nelsonii Ames
Bletia netzeri Senghas
Bletia nitida Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia parkinsonii Hook.
Bletia parva Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia patula Hook.
Bletia punctata Lex.
Bletia purpurata A.Rich. & Galeotti
Bletia purpurea DC.
Bletia reflexa Lindl.
Bletia revoluta Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia riparia Sosa & Palestina
Bletia roezlii Rchb.f.
Bletia santosii H.Ávila, J.G.González & Art.Castro
Bletia sarcophylla Rchb.f.
Bletia × similis Dressler
Bletia spicata Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia stenophylla Schltr.
Bletia × tamayoana S.Rosillo ex Soltero
Bletia tenuifolia Ames & C.Schweinf.
Bletia urbana Dressler
Bletia villae Soto Arenas
Bletia volubilis M.A.Díaz
Bletia wageneri Rchb.f.
Bletia warfordiana Sosa
Bletia warnockii Sosa & M.W.Chase
Bletia wrightii Acuña