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Bletia patula

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Holotype of Bletia patula Graham [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Bletia patula
Bletia patula
Filed as Bletia patula Graham [family ORCHIDACEAE]
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Identification
Bletia patula Graham [family ORCHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Bletia patula
Common name
  • Haitian pine-pink, Flora of North America Vol. 26

Flora

Entry for Bletia patula Graham [family ORCHIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 26,
Names
Bletia patula Graham [family ORCHIDACEAE], Edinburgh New Philos. J., 21: 155. 1836
Treatment Author(s)
James D. Ackerman
Information
Plants to 100 cm. Roots numerous, 1.5–3 mm diam. Stems pseudobulbs, ovoid to subglobose, 2–5 cm diam. Leaves: blade narrowly elliptic to narrowly oblanceolate, 25–75 × 1.5–4 cm, apex acuminate. Inflorescences 39–118 cm; floral bracts ovate-triangular to lanceolate, 1–3 mm, apex acute to acuminate. Flowers 5–22, pink to rosy purple, rarely entirely white; dorsal sepal elliptic-oblanceolate, 30–40 × 6–8 mm, apex acute to acuminate; lateral sepals similar but falcate; petals erect, oblong-elliptic, 30–35 × 5–6 mm, thinner than sepals, apex obtuse; lip adnate to base of column, clawed, 3-lobed, 30–35 × 27–31 mm, middle lobe subquadrangular, flabellate, emarginate, margins crispate-undulate, lateral lobes erect, flanking column, rounded to subquadrangular, broadest distally; disc lamellae 5, middle 3 white; column clavate, 23–25 mm, column foot absent; pedicellate ovary slender, 20–35 mm. Capsules pendulous, 3–4.5 cm × 8–10 mm.
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–20 m;
Distribution
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth America.USA Fla.
Discussion
Bletia patula was originally collected from Miami-Dade County, Florida, in 1947. The locality has since become part of the greater Miami area (C. A. Luer 1972), and the persistence of the populations is doubtful.

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