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Orchid Species: Bletia anceps
Kew currently accepted name is Laelia anceps
Bletia anceps is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers in 1862. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Laelia anceps.
Genus
Bletia (Bletia.)
Grex
anceps
Parents
Species
Author
(Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Year
1862
ORIGIN: This is a medium sized, warm to cool growing species from Mexico and Honduras and is found from altitudes of 500-1500 meters.
DESCRIPTION: An epiphyte in coffee plantations, pastures, oak and oak/pine forests with a solitary leaf in tall scattered oaks, or on rocks below them or in pastures and coffee plantations, often in full sunlight, with ovate-oblong, compressed, edges acute, flattened-sides, ribbed pseudobulbs carrying 1 or rarely 2, apical, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, acute leaves that is an autumn to spring blooming plant with 2 to 6 scented, long-lasting flowers in a terminal cluster, per 2 to 4' [60 to 120 cm] long, alternately sheathed inflorescence, that needs a dry winter rest.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 to 5 inches [6.25 to 12.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: An epiphyte in coffee plantations, pastures, oak and oak/pine forests with a solitary leaf in tall scattered oaks, or on rocks below them or in pastures and coffee plantations, often in full sunlight, with ovate-oblong, compressed, edges acute, flattened-sides, ribbed pseudobulbs carrying 1 or rarely 2, apical, oblong-lanceolate, leathery, acute leaves that is an autumn to spring blooming plant with 2 to 6 scented, long-lasting flowers in a terminal cluster, per 2 to 4' [60 to 120 cm] long, alternately sheathed inflorescence, that needs a dry winter rest.
FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 to 5 inches [6.25 to 12.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Laelia | L | anceps | 1835 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Amalia | Amalia | anceps | 1846 | (Lindl.) Heynh. |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | dawsonii | 1902 | (J.Anderson) Crawshay |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | mottae | 2014 | Archila |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | anceps barkeriana | ||
| Add+ | Laelia | L | barkeriana | 1837 | Knowles & Westc. |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | hallidayana | 1902 | (O'Brien) Crawshay |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | sanderiana | 1902 | (Rchb.f.) Crawshay |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | schroederae | 1902 | Crawshay |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | schroederiana | 1902 | (Rchb.f.) Crawshay |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | anceps h.f. sanderiana | ||
| Add+ | Schomburgkia | Schom | anceps | 2016 | (Lindl.) Peraza & Carnevali |
| Add+ | Schomburgkia | Schom | dawsonii | 2016 | (J.Anderson) Peraza & Carnevali |
| Add+ | Schomburgkia | Schom | mottae | 2016 | (Archila, Chiron, Szlach. & Pérez-García) Peraza & Carnevali |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | anceps | 1854 | (Lindl.) Beer |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
L. anceps 'Royale Splash'
(4 awards in
2016)
L. anceps 'D.U.'
(2 awards in
2017)
L. anceps h.f. veitchiana 'Fort Caroline'
(2 awards from
1985
to
2017)
L. anceps h.f. lineata 'SanBar Striata Nana'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2017)
L. anceps h.f. coerulea 'Fort Caroline'
(2 awards from
2011
to
2017)
L. anceps 'Eisenheim'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2016)
L. anceps 'Craig'
(2 awards in
2015)
L. anceps 'Jody'
(2 awards in
2015)
L. anceps 'Franz'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2015)
L. anceps h.f. lineata 'El Chingon'
(2 awards in
2014)
L. anceps 'Kathleen'
(2 awards from
2011
to
2013)
L. anceps 'Gloriosa Bathurst #3'
(2 awards in
2012)
L. anceps 'SanBar Pink Perfection'
(2 awards from
2010
to
2011)
L. anceps 'Brylea'
(2 awards from
2008
to
2010)
L. anceps f. alba 'Marge Soule'
(2 awards from
2006
to
2010)
L. anceps var. chamberlainiana 'Nadjmeljkuti'
(2 awards in
2008)
L. anceps 'Caitlin'
(2 awards in
2006)
L. anceps 'Stoneleigh'
(2 awards from
2001
to
2002)
L. anceps 'Florence'
(2 awards in
1998)
L. anceps var. lineata 'Four Feathers'
(2019)
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