Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavón

from Curtis's Botanical Magazine

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Synonyms:

Epidendrum octandrum Vellozo

Bletia rodriguesii Cogniaux

Bletia sanguinea Poeppig & Endlicher

Bletia sherratiana Bateman ex Lindley

Bletia watsonii Hooker

Regnella purpurea Barbosa Rodrigues

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Derivation:

Type: S. Domingo and Llanamapanaui

Plant: large terrestrial, 6 cm. ovoid pseudobulbs, 1 or more deciduous linear-elliptic leaves .5-8 x 20-90cm.

Flowers: erect 60-200cm raceme from base, with 3 to 8 large pink, purple or red flowers, yellow or white streak on 3-lobed, large erect lateral lobes

Bloomtimes: spring-summer

Habitat: savannahs and praires

Comments:

Distribution Range: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (São Paolo, Minas Gerias, Goiás, Federal District, Matto Grosso)

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References:
• Orchidaceae Brasilienses; G.F.J. Pabst & F. Dungs; Brücke-verlag 1977; Vol. I, pg. 169
• Manual of Cultivated Orchid Species; Bechtel, Cribb & Launert; MIT press 1992; pg. 72
• Native Ecuadorian Orchids ; Calaway H. Dodson & Rodrigo Escobar; Colina; Vol. I, pg. 64,65
• Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids; Alex D. Hawkes; Faber & Faber 1965; pg. 66

Last Modified: Friday, February 11, 2000